Encouraging results of split-liver transplantation

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 494-497

  Mirza, D F ^a   Achilleos, O ^a   Pirenne, J ^a   Buckels, J A C ^a   Mcmaster, P ^a   Mayer, A D ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031949477     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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