Liver regeneration and splenic enlargement in donors after living-donor liver transplantation

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1658-1666

  Ibrahim, Salleh ^a   Chen, Chao Long ^a   Wang, Chih Chi ^a   Wang, Shih Ho ^a   Lin, Chih Che ^a   Liu, Yeuh Wei ^a   Yang, Chin Hsiang ^a   Yong, Chee Chien ^a   Concejero, Allan ^a   Cheng, Yu Fan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MONITORING; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPLENOMEGALY; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTE; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENOMEGALY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 28844472061     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0101-2     Document Type: Article

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