Pulmonary vascular morphological changes in cirrhotic patients undergoing liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation and Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-64

  Lamps, L W ^a   Carson, K ^a   Bradley, A L ^a   Pinson, C W ^a   Johnson, J E ^a   Coogan, A C ^a   Hunter, E B ^a   Clavien, P A ^a   Washington, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032950981     PISSN: 10743022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500050110     Document Type: Article

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