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Publication Information

DOI

10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.12.054

PubMed ID

16647406

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2006

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, and Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA. Benjamin.Shneider@mssm.edu

Authors

Bezerra J, Biliary Atresia Research Consortium, Brown MB, Haber B, Hoofnagle JH, Rosenthal P, Schwarz K, Shepherd R, Shneider BL, Sokol RJ, Squires R, Whitington PF

Studies

BARC, PROBE

Citation

Shneider BL, Brown MB, Haber B, Whitington PF, Schwarz K, Squires R, Bezerra J, Shepherd R, Rosenthal P, Hoofnagle JH, Sokol RJ, Biliary Atresia Research Consortium. A multicenter study of the outcome of biliary atresia in the United States, 1997 to 2000. J Pediatr 2006 Apr;148(4):467-474.

Abstract

To determine the prognostic factors and optimal approaches to the diagnosis and management of biliary atresia, the leading indication for liver transplantation in children.