An early experience of liver transplantation in portal vein thrombosis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Shelat, V G ^a   Diddapur, Ravishankar K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

End stage liver disease; Liver transplantation; Portal vein thrombosis; Thromboendovenectomy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; HEPATITIS B; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; REVIEW; THROMBECTOMY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; THROMBECTOMY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 40749108554     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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