Impact of brain death on hormonal homeostasis and hepatic microcirculation of transplant organ donors

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Okamoto, S ^a,c   Corso, C O ^a   Nolte, D ^a   Rascher, W ^b   Thiery, J ^a   Yamaoka, Y ^c   Messmer, K ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain death; Graft viability; Hepatic microcirculation; Liver transplantation; Organ donor

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; DONOR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOMEOSTASIS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DEATH; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONES; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0031608844     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1998.tb01168.x     Document Type: Article

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