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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2010; 16(39): 4968-4972
Published online Oct 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i39.4968
Etiology and long-term outcome of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction in children
Batia Weiss, Eyal Shteyer, Asaf Vivante, Drora Berkowitz, Shimon Reif, Zvi Weizman, Yoram Bujanover, Rivka Shapiro
Batia Weiss, Asaf Vivante, Yoram Bujanover, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Tel-Hashomer, 52625, Israel
Batia Weiss, Asaf Vivante, Yoram Bujanover, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel
Eyal Shteyer, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Hadassah Medical Center, The Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
Drora Berkowitz, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, 31096, Israel
Drora Berkowitz, Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 31096, Israel
Shimon Reif, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Dana Children’s Hospital, Souraski Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, 64239, Israel
Shimon Reif, Rivka Shapiro, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 64239, Israel
Zvi Weizman, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, 84101, Israel
Zvi Weizman, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 49202, Israel
Rivka Shapiro, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Division of Pediatric Transplantation, Schneider Children’s Hospital, Petach-Tikva, 49202, Israel
Author contributions: Weiss B designed the research; Shteyer E, Berkowitz D, Reif S, Weizman Z, Bujanover Y and Shapiro R performed the research; Weiss B and Vivante A analyzed the data; Weiss B wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Batia Weiss, MD, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Tel-Hashomer, 52625, Israel. weissb@sheba.health.gov.il
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Received: November 30, 2009
Revised: January 25, 2010
Accepted: February 1, 2010
Published online: October 21, 2010
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