Successful transplantation of a liver from a donor with fatal ethylene glycol poisoning

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 990-992

  Wolff, Martin ^a   Schaefer, Nico ^a   Rabe, Christian ^a   Spengler, Ulrich ^a   Hirner, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICARBONATE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; PREDNISOLONE;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; INTUBATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23744487290     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20530     Document Type: Article

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