Parental refusal of a liver transplant for a child with biliary atresia

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-146

  Cronin, David C ^a   Squires, Janet ^b   Squires, Robert ^c   Mazariegos, George ^b   Lantos, John D ^d  

^a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PARENTAL REFUSAL; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84872842709     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0567     Document Type: Note

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