Use of the Middle Colic Vein for Liver Cell Transplantation in Infants and Small Children

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 936-937

  Meyburg, J ^a   Hoerster, F ^a   Weitz, J ^a   Hoffmann, G F ^a   Schmidt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER VEIN; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE COLIC VEIN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MESENTERIC VEINS; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 44849094930     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.043     Document Type: Article

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