Liver transplantation in children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 389-391

  Kelly, D A ^a,b   Sibal, Anupam ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; DACLIZUMAB; GANCICLOVIR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; RITUXIMAB; VALGANCICLOVIR;

EDITORIAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EUROPE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

CHILD; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33744470390     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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