Hepatic veno-occlusive disease after liver transplantation: An unusual case report [1]

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1072-1073

  Martins, Alexandra ^a   Monteiro, Estela ^a   Freire, António ^a   Carvalho, Ana ^a   Veloso, Júlio ^a   Morbey, Ana ^a   Carrilho, Isabel ^a   Martins, Américo ^a   Barroso, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CURRY CABRAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ASCITES; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILIARY STENOSIS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATOMEGALY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION;

EID: 35748960216     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00548.x     Document Type: Letter

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