Hepatopulmonary syndrome and venous emboli causing intracerebral hemorrhages after liver transplantation: A case report

Transplantation

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1809-1811

  Abrams, Gary A ^a,b   Rose, Kenneth ^a   Fallon, Michael B ^a   McGuire, Brendan M ^a   Bloomer, Joseph R ^a   Van Leeuwen, Dirk J ^a   Tutton, Tamara ^a   Sellers, Marty T ^c   Eckhoff, Devin E ^c   Bynon Jr , J Steven ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; FEMALE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0033573093     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199912150-00028     Document Type: Article

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