NIDDK Central Repository - Biliary atresia: clinical profiles, risk factors, and outcomes of 755 patients listed for liver transplantation.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.04.073

PubMed ID

16126046

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2005

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.

Authors

Anand R, Bucuvalas J, Magee JC, McDiarmid SV, Shepherd RW, Sokol RJ, Split Research Group, Utterson EC

Studies

SPLIT

Citation

Utterson EC, Shepherd RW, Sokol RJ, Bucuvalas J, Magee JC, McDiarmid SV, Anand R, Split Research Group. Biliary atresia: clinical profiles, risk factors, and outcomes of 755 patients listed for liver transplantation. J Pediatr 2005 Aug;147(2):180-5.

Abstract

To test the hypothesis that risk analysis from the time of listing for liver transplantation (LT) focuses attention on areas where outcomes can be improved.