Plasmapheresis in primary dysfunction of hepatic transplants

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-13

  Skerrett, D ^a,b   Mor, E ^b,c   Curtiss, S ^a   Mohandas, K ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

cytokines; graft failure; liver transplantation; plasma exchange; primary nonfunction

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029870421     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1101(1996)11:1<10::AID-JCA2>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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