Successful transplantation of donor organs from a hemlock poisoning victim

Transplantation

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 874-876

  Foster, Preston F ^a   McFadden, Robert ^a   Trevino, Raul ^a   Galliardt, Scott ^a   Kopczewski, Lea Ann ^a   Gugliuzza, Kristene ^b   Gonzalez, Zulma ^c   Wright, Francis ^a  

^a TEXAS TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c Auxilio Mutuo Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POISON; TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CONIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0141590397     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000079828.82128.E9     Document Type: Article

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