Effectiveness of conjugated estrogen in orthotopic liver transplantation

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-368

  Frenette, Luc ^a,b,c   Cox, Jerry ^a,b   Arnall, Mark ^a,b   Eckhoff, Devin ^a,b   Bynon, Steve ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRECIPITATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031925237     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199804000-00010     Document Type: Article

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