Ascites after transplantation - A mystery

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1221-

  Ben Ari, Ziv ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; DEFIBROTIDE;

ASCITES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ASCITES; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4544386783     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20221     Document Type: Letter

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