Liver transplantation in very small infants

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-72

  Mekeel, Kristin L ^a   Langham Jr , Max R ^b   Gonzalez Peralta, Regino P ^c   Hemming, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Long term results; Pediatric liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CIDOFOVIR; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADD ON THERAPY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AORTA; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE LEAKAGE; CALCULATION; CANDIDIASIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGENEMIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOG RANK TEST; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETRANSPLANTATION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VIREMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BODY WEIGHT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846262527     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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