Combined liver-kidney transplantation in a patient with acute liver failure coexisting with acute renal failure

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1654-1656

  Sobhonslidsuk, Abhasnee ^a   Phakdeekitcharoen, Bunyong ^a   Leelaudomlipi, Surasak ^a   Pootrakul, Piyanuch ^a   Viengteeravat, Somchai ^a   Sornmayura, Pattana ^a   Sriphojanart, Suthat ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Acute renal failure; Cirrhosis; Kidney transplantation; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34548668181     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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