Biliary casts after orthotopic liver transplantation: Clinical factors, treatment, biochemical analysis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1861-1867

  Shah, Janak N ^c   Haigh, W Geoffrey ^c   Lee, Sum P ^c   Lucey, Michael R ^a   Brensinger, Colleen M ^c   Kochman, Michael L ^c   Long, William B ^c   Olthoff, Kim ^c   Shaked, Abraham ^c   Ginsberg, Gregory G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; BILIARY CAST; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041571839     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07617.x     Document Type: Article

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