Liver transplantation from a donor affected by Marfan's syndrome [4]

Transplantation

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1406-1407

  Di Benedetto, Fabrizio ^a   Di Sandro, Stefano ^a   De Ruvo, Nicola ^a   Masetti, Michele ^a   Quintini, Cristiano ^b   Montalti, Roberto ^a   Ballarin, Roberto ^a   Gerunda, Giorgio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MARFAN SYNDROME; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DEATH; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34249005817     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000262606.79409.fa     Document Type: Letter

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