Successful recovery of aplastic anemia following orthotopic liver transplantation for non-A-E acute liver failure

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 537-540

  Rajwal, Sanjay R ^a   Davison, S M ^a   Stringer, M D ^a   Kinsey, S E ^a   McClean, P ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Aplastic anemia; Non A E hepatitis; Orthotopic liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HEPATITIS NON A TO E; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; JAUNDICE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 23844501323     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2005.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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