Changes of duplex parameters and splenic size in liver transplant recipients during a long period of observation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 43, 2005, Pages 6787-6791

  Boozari, Bita ^a   Gebel, Michael ^a   Bahr, Mathias J ^a   Manns, Michael P ^a   Strassburg, Christian P ^a   Bleck, Joerg S ^a   Klempnauer, J ^a   Nashan, Bjoern ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Liver transplantation; Monitoring; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 30744465927     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i43.6787     Document Type: Article

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