Evolution in the management of acute liver failure-associated aplastic anaemia in children: A single centre experience

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-73

  Hadžić, Nedim ^a   Height, Susan ^b   Ball, Sarah ^c   Rela, Mohamed ^a   Heaton, Nigel D ^a   Veys, Paul ^d   Mieli Vergani, Giorgina ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aplastic anaemia; Bone marrow failure; Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MELPHALAN; MESNA; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW APLASIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; BONE MARROW DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549015681     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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