Liver transplantation in an adult with sclerosing cholangitis due to Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 829-831

  Griffiths, William ^a   Davies, Susan ^a   Gibbs, Paul ^b   Thillainayagam, Andrew ^c   Alexander, Graeme ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Liver transplantation; Sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DESMOPRESSIN; LIVER ENZYME; TSUKUBAENOLIDE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS;

AGED; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33644916439     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.12.024     Document Type: Article

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