Nasrin Motazedian, Bita Geramizadeh, Seyed Mohsen Dehghani, Negar Azarpira, Mahdokht Hossein Aghdaei, Ramin Yaghobi, Alireza Shamsaeefar, Kourosh Kazemi, Mohammad Hossein Karimi, Alireza Mirahmadizadeh, Amirali Mashhadiagha, Maryam Ataollahi, Homa Ilkhanipoor, Mitra Basiratnia, Hamid Nemati, Maryam Ekramzadeh, Anahita Sanaei Dashti, Saman Nikeghbalian, Seyed Ali Malekhosseini
Liver diseases in children and adolescents are a significant and arising public health issue and should be surveyed from different dimensions (clinical and para-clinical, psychological, socio-economic) and in diverse populations. Shiraz Liver Transplant Center, Shiraz, Iran is the only center for pediatric liver transplantation and its pre-operative evaluations. This provides a unique and valuable situation for studying this vulnerable population. The Shiraz Pediatric Liver Cirrhosis Cohort Study (SPLCCS) was established to assess cirrhotic children, the course of their disease, and treatment over time...
April 1, 2023: Archives of Iranian Medicine