Dermatologic Complications After Liver Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1190-1194

  Hassan, G ^a   Khalaf, H ^a   Mourad, W ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; MAGNESIUM; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR LOSS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTRICHOSIS; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; VASCULITIS;

GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 34248541023     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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