Protein-losing enteropathy after Fontan surgery: Resolution after cardiac transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 484-486

  Brancaccio, Gianluca ^a   Carotti, Adriano ^a   D'Argenio, Patrizia ^a   Michielon, Guido ^a   Parisi, Francesco ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFUSION; INTESTINE; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037382554     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(02)01231-7     Document Type: Article

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