Liver transplantation in a patient with situs inversus: A case report

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1376-1377

  Wei, Jun Ming ^a   Liu, Yan Nan ^a   Qiao, Jiang Chun ^a   Wu, Wei Ran ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatolithiasis; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Situs inversus

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; PROTHROMBIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT STONE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEXTROCARDIA; DYSPEPSIA; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SITUS INVERSUS; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 34548296984     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200708010-00016     Document Type: Article

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