Role of splenectomy in human liver transplantation under modern-day immunosuppression

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1931-1937

  Samimi, Farokh ^a,b   Irish, William D ^a   Eghtesad, Bijan ^a   Demetris, Anthony J ^a   Starzl, Thomas E ^a   Fung, John J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Rejection; Sepsis; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RISK; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031713420     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018822206580     Document Type: Article

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