Recipient levels and function of von Willebrand factor prior to liver transplantation and its consumption in the course of grafting correlate with hepatocellular damage and outcome

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1258-1265

  Schulte Am Esch II, Jan ^a   Tustas, Roy Y ^a   Robson, Simon C ^b   Hosch, Stefan B ^a   Akyildiz, Ayse ^c   Bröring, Dieter C ^c   Fischer, Lutz ^c   Knoefel, Wolfram T ^a   Rogiers, Xavier ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Ischemia reperfusion injury; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Platelet aggregation; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REPERFUSION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET COUNT; REPERFUSION INJURY; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 28444462507     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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