Liver biochemistry profile, significance and endoscopic management of biliary tract complications post orthotopic liver transplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2819-2825

  Shastri, Yogesh M ^a   Hoepffner, Nicolas M ^a   Akoglu, Bora ^a   Zapletal, Christina ^a   Bechstein, Wolf O ^a   Caspary, Wolfgang F ^a   Faust, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biliary lesion; Endoscopic therapy; Ischemic type biliary lesions; Liver biochemistry; Orthotopic liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 34347266508     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i20.2819     Document Type: Article

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