A liver transplant center experience with liver dialysis in the management of patients with fulminant hepatic failure: A preliminary report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 203-205

  Aladag M ^a   Gurakar A ^a,b   Jalil, S ^a   Wright, H ^a   Alamian, S ^a   Rashwan, S ^a   Sebastian, A ^a   Nour, B ^a  

^a INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INTEGRIS Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0842324793     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.11.055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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