Right lobe living-related liver transplantation in a Jehovah's Witness

Transplant International

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 895-896

  Detry, Olivier ^a   De Roover, Arnaud ^a   Kaba, Abdour ^a   Joris, Jean ^a   Damas, Pierre ^b   Meurisse, Michel ^a   Honoré, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347518996     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00147-003-0630-2     Document Type: Letter

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