[Liver transplantation in children. Indications and results].
The results of liver transplantation in children have dramatically improved from the wide use of cyclosporine A and because of technical advances such as the use of reduced-size adult liver transplants. It is now accurate to consider that 70 to 80% of transplanted children will be alive with a normal life 5 years post-transplant. Within a few years, liver transplantation has thus become the regular treatment of many liver diseases in childhood.
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Hépatologie pédiatrique, hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis