Number of cholangitis episodes as a prognostic marker to predict timing of liver transplantation in biliary atresia patients after Kasai portoenterostomy

• Main Authors: Szu-Ying Chen (Author), Chieh-Chung Lin (Author), Yu-Tse Tsan (Author), Wei-Cheng Chan (Author), Jiaan-Der Wang (Author), Yi-Jung Chou (Author), Ching-Heng Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cholangitis may affect liver failure of biliary atresia (BA) patients after Kasai portoenterostomy (KP). We examined whether the number of cholangitis episodes could be a prognostic marker for liver transplant (LT) in children with BA after Kasai portoenterostomy (KP). Methods Da...