Pediatric liver transplantation. Introduction of a program for southern Germany in Heidelberg

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 17, 2006, Pages 124-130

  Engelmann, Guido ^a,b   Meyburg, Jochen ^a   Schmidt, Jan ^a   Lenhartz, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heidelberg; Pediatric liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BASILIXIMAB; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GANCICLOVIR; HEPARIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLAMINE; SANDIMMUNE OPTORAL; TSUKUBAENOLIDE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEATH; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; WILSON DISEASE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 33750681285     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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