The use of whole-organ magnetic resonance spectroscopy at hypothermia to assess the status of donor livers: A pilot study in the clinical setting

Cell Preservation Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-109

  Changani, K K ^a,b   So, P W ^a,b   Bell, J D ^b   Davidson, B ^a   Rolles, K ^a   Fuller, B J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LIPID;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FATTY LIVER; FLUSHING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHERMIA; LIVER; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0041696541     PISSN: 1538344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153834402320882601     Document Type: Article

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