Role of living donor bowel transplantation in the treatment of intestinal failure in adults

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-250

  Testa, Giuliano ^a   Benedetti, Enrico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor outcomes; Intestinal transplantation; Living donors

Indexed keywords

CADAVER DONOR; DESENSITIZATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENTEROPATHY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SIBLING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33744489853     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mot.0000227840.91334.1f     Document Type: Review

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