Liver-occupying focal nodular hyperplasia and adenomatosis associated with intrahepatic portal vein agenesis requiring orthotopic liver transplantation [3]

Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 490-492

  Fujita, Shiro ^a,b   Mekeel, Kristin L ^a   Fujikawa, Takahisa ^a   Kim, Robin D ^a   Foley, David P ^a   Hemming, Alan W ^a   Howard, Richard J ^a   Reed, Alan I ^a   Dixon, Lisa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRAHEPATIC PORTAL VEIN AGENESIS; LETTER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADENOMA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32844471171     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000197481.80367.32     Document Type: Letter

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