Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1852-1855 , December 2005

Biliary atresia and pregnancy: puberty may be an important point for predicting the outcome

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 Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, May 22-26, 2005, Vancouver, Canada.

PII: S0022-3468(05)00683-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.08.026

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1852-1855 , December 2005

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