Isolated small bowel transplantation from a living-related donor at the Catholic University of Korea - A case report of rejection -Free course-

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1198-1202

  Lee, Myung Duk ^a   Kim, Dong Goo ^a   Ahn, Sang Tae ^a   Moon, In Sung ^a   Choi, Myung Gyu ^a   Hong, Seok Gi ^a   Park, Sun Cheol ^a   Chung, In Sik ^a   Choi, Jong Young ^a   Yoon, Seung Kew ^a   Kim, Sang Il ^a   Choi, Jong Ho ^a   Jung, Eun Sun ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Living related; Small intestine; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

DACLIZUMAB; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COLOSTOMY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENTEROSTOMY; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; GRAFT REJECTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILEUM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE GRAFT; JEJUNOILEOSTOMY; JEJUNOSTOMY; JEJUNUM; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVING DONOR; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; STOMACH ULCER; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 19944431593     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2004.45.6.1198     Document Type: Article

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