Auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation for acute liver failure in two children

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 328-332

  Rodeck, Burkhard ^a,b   Kardorff, Rüdiger ^a   Melter, Michael ^a   Schutt, Hans J ^b   Oldhafer, Karl J ^b  

^a Kinderklinik und Klin fur Abdom   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Auxiliary liver transplantation; Fulminant liver failure; Infant; Liver transplantation; Preschool

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0032693520     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.1999.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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