Functional analysis of grafts from living donors: Implications for the treatment of older recipients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 544-554

  Emond, Jean C ^a   Renz, John F ^a   Ferrell, Linda D ^a   Rosenthal, Philip ^a   Lim, Robert C ^a   Roberts, John P ^a   Lake, John R ^a   Ascher, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTASIS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; ISCHEMIA; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029814898     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199610000-00012     Document Type: Article

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