Successful liver transplantation for giant cell hepatitis and Coombs-positive hemolytic anemia: A case report

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 630-633

  Akyildiz, Murat ^a   Karasu, Zeki ^a   Arikan, Cigdem ^a,b   Nart, Deniz ^a   Kilic, Murat ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Combs positive hemolytic anemia; Giant cell hepatitis; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE COURSE; GIANT CELL HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; COOMBS' TEST; GIANT CELLS; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 26244440761     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2005.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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