Split liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 71, 2006, Pages 764-767

  Sotiropoulos, Georgios C ^a   Lang, Hauke ^a   Frühauf, Nils R ^a   Molmenti, Ernesto P ^a   Omar, Omar S ^a   Radtke, Arnold ^a   Paul, Andreas ^a   Nadalin, Silvio ^a   Frilling, Andrea ^a   Broelsch, Christoph E ^a   Malagò, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver division; Liver transplantation; Split liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISCHEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33750602279     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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