Bridging Paediatric Liver Diseases to Adult Care: What Does the Gastroenterologist Need to Know?

Advances in medical and surgical therapy mean that significant numbers of children with previously fatal liver disease are surviving into adult life. In particular, 80% of transplant recipients now survive for over 20 years. Gastroenterologists and hepatologists who treat adult patients need to be a...

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Main Author: Deirdre A. Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Medical Journal 2015-12-01
Series:European Medical Journal Gastroenterology
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