Use of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt as a bridge to transplantation in fulminant hepatic failure due to Budd-Chiari syndrome

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 12 SUPPL., 1997, Pages 2304-2306

  Shrestha, Roshan ^a,b   Durham, Janette D ^a   Wachs, Michael ^a   Bilir, Bahri M ^a   Kam, Igal ^a   Trouillot, Thomas ^a   Everson, Gregory T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN EDEMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030844088     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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