Isolated liver transplantation in infants with short gut syndrome: Is less better?

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1040-1041

  Mazariegos, George V ^a   Soltys, Kyle A ^a   Bond, Geoffrey J ^a   Squires, Robert H ^a   Sindhi, Rakesh ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE ADAPTATION; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; ISOLATED LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETRANSPLANTATION; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME;

EID: 33745994627     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20771     Document Type: Editorial

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