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SUBMITTER: Shneider BL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4826612 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shneider Benjamin L BL Magee John C JC Karpen Saul J SJ Rand Elizabeth B EB Narkewicz Michael R MR Bass Lee M LM Schwarz Kathleen K Whitington Peter F PF Bezerra Jorge A JA Kerkar Nanda N Haber Barbara B Rosenthal Philip P Turmelle Yumirle P YP Molleston Jean P JP Murray Karen F KF Ng Vicky L VL Wang Kasper S KS Romero Rene R Squires Robert H RH Arnon Ronen R Sherker Averell H AH Moore Jeffrey J Ye Wen W Sokol Ronald J RJ
The Journal of pediatrics 20151224
<h4>Objectives</h4>To prospectively assess the value of serum total bilirubin (TB) within 3 months of hepatoportoenterostomy (HPE) in infants with biliary atresia as a biomarker predictive of clinical sequelae of liver disease in the first 2 years of life.<h4>Study design</h4>Infants with biliary atresia undergoing HPE between June 2004 and January 2011 were enrolled in a prospective, multicenter study. Complications were monitored until 2 years of age or the earliest of liver transplantation (L ...[more]