Liver transplantation in Europe for patients with acute liver failure

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-425

  Bismuth, Henri ^b   Samuel, Didier ^b   Castaing, Denis ^b   Williams, Roger ^a   Pereira, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

auxiliary liver transplantation; cerebral edema; fulminant hepatic failure; hepatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EUROPE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030482251     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1007254     Document Type: Review

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