Outcome of living donor liver transplantation for post-Kasai biliary atresia in adults
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Living donor liver transplantation for biliary atresia.
Biliary atresia is the most common cause of chronic cholestasis in infants and children. The incidence is estimated at 3.7:10,000 among Taiwanese infants. Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy helps children survive beyond infancy. Liver transplantation is indicated when the Kasai procedure fails to work or when patients develop progressive deterioration of liver function despite an initially successful...
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عنوان ژورنال: Liver Transplantation
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1527-6465,1527-6473
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21344