Overview of pediatric liver transplantation

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 913-929

  Rand, Elizabeth B ^a,b   Olthoff, Kim M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c Liver Transplant Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORGAN DONOR; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0141571242     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8553(03)00048-7     Document Type: Review

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