Successful identical-twin living donor small bowel transplant for necrotizing enterovasculitis secondary to Churg-Strauss syndrome

Transplant International

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 594-597

  Schena, Stefano ^a   Testa, Giuliano ^a   Setty, Suman ^a   Abcarian, Herand ^a   Benedetti, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Churg Strauss; Living related; Small bowel; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LIVING DONORS; MALE; NECROSIS; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SYNDROME; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33744485402     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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