Pediatric liver transplantation

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-313

  Hendrickson, Richard J ^a   Karrer, Frederick M ^a   Wachs, Michael E ^a   Slater, Kellee ^a   Bak, Thomas E ^a   Kam, Igal ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic artery thrombosis; Liver transplantation; Pediatric end stage liver disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; DEXTRAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOSIS; ORGAN DONOR; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 2542459366     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000127160.82531.77     Document Type: Review

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