Orthotopic liver transplants in children: Change in hepatic venous doppler wave pattern as an indicator of acute rejection

Radiology

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-112

  Jéquier, Sigrid ^a   Jéquier, Jean Claude ^a   Hanquinet, Sylviane ^a   Le Coultre, Claude ^a   Belli, Dominique C ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood, flow dynamics; Hepatic veins, US; Liver, transplantation Ultrasound (US), in infants and children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0037254377     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2261011238     Document Type: Article

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