| Literature DB >> 14722530 |
Viraine S Weerasooriya1, Frances V White, Ross W Shepherd.
Abstract
In biliary atresia, progression of hepatic fibrosis before the Kasai portoenterostomy may explain why age is a major determinant of survival of the native liver. Blinded fibrosis scoring of surgical liver biopsies demonstrated that age and fibrosis correlate. Those biopsies with severe fibrosis predicted significantly worse survival.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 14722530 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2003.09.042
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr ISSN: 0022-3476 Impact factor: 4.406