Exchange transfusion for severe intrahepatic cholestasis associated with sickle cell disease? [4]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 362-363

  Chitturi, Shivakumar ^a,b,c   George, Jacob ^a,b,c   Ranjitkumar, Sumathi ^a,b,c   Kench, James ^a,b,c   Benson, Warwick ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ASCITES; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FLAPPING TREMOR; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETHARGY; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036785425     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200210000-00019     Document Type: Letter

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