Cavoportal transposition for portal vein thrombosis in a pediatric living-related liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 874-876

  Kumar, Nagappan ^a   Atkison, Paul ^b   Fortier, Marielle V ^b   Grant, David R ^c   Wall, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CANDIDIASIS; CAVA VEIN; DIETARY INTAKE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PERITONITIS; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SPLENIC VEIN; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0041561251     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50150     Document Type: Article

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