Refractory ascites after liver transplantation: An analysis of 1058 liver transplant patients at a single center

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-149

  Nishida, S ^a   Gaynor, J J ^a   Nakamura, N ^a,c   Butt, F ^a   Illanes, H G ^a   Kadono, J ^a,c   Neff, G W ^b   Levi, D M ^a   Moon, J I ^a   Selvaggi, G ^a   Kato, T ^a   Ruiz, P ^b   Tzakis, A G ^a   Madariaga, J R ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complication; Hepatitis C; Liver transplant; Refractory ascites

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644852790     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01161.x     Document Type: Article

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