Living donor liver transplantation for children in Brazil weighing less than 10 kilograms

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1153-1158

  Neto, Joao Seda ^a   Carone, Eduardo ^a   Pugliese, Vincenzo ^a   Salzedas, Alcides ^a   Fonseca, Eduardo A ^a   Teng, Hsiang ^a   Porta, Gilda ^a   Pugliese, Renata ^a   Miura, Irene ^a   Baggio, Vera ^a   Hayashi, Massami ^a   Beloto, Marcos ^a   Guimaraes, Teresa ^a   Godoy, Andre ^a   Kondo, Mario ^a   Chapchap, Paulo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34548191731     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21206     Document Type: Article

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