Combined heart and liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1165-1166

  Arpesella, Giorgio ^a   Chiappini, Bruno ^a   Marinelli, Giuseppe ^a   Mikus, Piero Maria ^a   Dozza, Franco ^a   Pierangeli, Angelo ^a   Magelli, Carlo ^a   Salvi, Francesco ^a   Leone, Ornella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038350962     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.151     Document Type: Article

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