Colonic malakoplakia in a liver transplant recipient

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 753-755

  Kim, Peter T W ^a   Davis, Jennifer E ^a   Erb, Siegfried R ^a   Yoshida, Eric M ^a,b   Steinbrecher, Urs P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liver transplant; Malakoplakia

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; TACROLIMUS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALACOPLAKIA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RECIPIENT; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 38649132318     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/256031     Document Type: Article

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