MARS treatment for a patient presenting with acquired hepatic glutamine synthetase deficiency after orthotopic liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 353-355

  Chiu, Alexander ^a   Tam, Sidney ^b   Au, Wing Yan ^b   Chan, See Ching ^b   Liu, Chi Leung ^b   Fan, Sheung Tat ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALBUMIN; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OROTIC ACID; TACROLIMUS; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADSORPTION; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONSCIOUSNESS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOFILTRATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECIPIENT; RESUSCITATION; UREA CYCLE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 16244379572     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20363     Document Type: Article

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