Hepatorenal syndrome: Long-term treatment with terlipressin as a bridge to liver transplantation

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1054-1056

  Ganne Carrié, Nathalie ^a   Hadengue, Antoine ^a,b   Mathurin, Philippe ^a   Durand, François ^a   Erlinger, Serge ^a   Benhamou, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatorenal syndrome; Terlipressin

Indexed keywords

TERLIPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYSINE VASOPRESSIN; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0029927311     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02088218     Document Type: Article

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