Combined twice-daily plasma exchange and continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration for bridging severe acute liver failure

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3011-3014

  Biancofiore, G ^a,b   Bindi, L M ^a   Urbani, L ^a   Catalano, G ^a   Mazzoni, A ^a   Scatena, F ^a   Mosca, F ^a   Filipponi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345870103     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.10.077     Document Type: Article

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