Aspartate Aminotransferase-to-Platelet Ratio index (APRi) in infants with biliary atresia: Prognostic value at presentation

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 789-795

  Grieve, Andrew ^a   Makin, Erica ^b   Davenport, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

glutamyl transpeptidase; APRi; area under (the receiver operating characteristic) curve; aspartate aminotransferase; aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index; AST; AUC; BA; BASM; biliary atresia; Biliary Atresia Splenic Malformation; CMV; cytomegalovirus; GGT; IL1, IL 3, IL6, and IL11; Interleukin 1, 3, 6, and 11; Kasai portoenterostomy; KP; NASH; non alcoholic steatohepatitis; TGF 1; TIMPS; Tissue Inhibitors of Matrix Metalloproteinases; Transforming Growth Factor 1

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE TO PLATELET RATIO INDEX; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTE;

AREA UNDER CURVE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIARY ATRESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84876250885     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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