Open AccessProtocol liver biopsy is the only examination that can detect mid-term graft fibrosis after pediatric liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Yukihiro Sanada,
Koshi Matsumoto,
Taizen Urahashi,
Yoshiyuki Ihara,
Taiichi Wakiya,
Noriki Okada,
Naoya Yamada,
Yuta Hirata,
Koichi Mizuta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i21.6638
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , gastroenterology , liver biopsy , incidence (geometry) , fibrosis , biopsy , transplantation , alanine transaminase , multivariate analysis , aspartate transaminase , biology , biochemistry , physics , alkaline phosphatase , optics , enzyme
To assessed the clinical significance of protocol liver biopsy (PLB) in pediatric liver transplantation (LT).