Splenic‐Z‐score predicts severe portal hypertensive changes on colonoscopy in infants and children with biliary atresia
Children with BA have rectal varices and colopathy in 48% and 76%. Severe PHT changes, present in two-thirds, are independently associated with higher splenic-Z score.
Authors
- Vipul Gautam
- Seema Alam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0888-8625)
- Bikrant Bihari Lal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6275-7736)
- Rajeev Khanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0800-4068)
- Shalini Thapar Laroia
- Vikrant Sood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5024-4084)
- Vikram Bhatia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9531-4162)
Institutions
- Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-05-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jpn3.70079
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00