Portal pressure and blood nitric oxide levels as predictors of outcome in biliary atresia

• Main Authors: Vikram Khanna (Author), Veereshwar Bhatnagar (Author), Sandeep Agarwala (Author), Maddur Srinivas (Author), Nibhriti Das (Author), Manoj Kumar Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: To evaluate the incidence of portal hypertension (PHT) in biliary atresia (BA) patients and to monitor its progress after Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) by measuring nitric oxide (NO) levels in peripheral blood. Materials and Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study conducted over a period of...