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SUBMITTER: Alonso EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6365098 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of pediatrics 20180921
<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the impact of corticosteroid therapy on the growth of participants in the Steroids in Biliary Atresia Randomized Trial (START) conducted through the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network. The primary analysis in START indicated that steroids did not have a beneficial effect on drainage in a cohort of infants with biliary atresia. We hypothesized that steroids would have a detrimental effect on growth in these infants.<h4>Study design</h4>A total of 140 infants ...[more]