Abstract
In biliary atresia, progression of hepatic fibrosis before the Kasai portoenterostomy may explain why age is a major determinant of survival of the native liver. Blinded fibrosis scoring of surgical liver biopsies demonstrated that age and fibrosis correlate. Those biopsies with severe fibrosis predicted significantly worse survival.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 123-125 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Pediatrics |
| Volume | 144 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2004 |