Chronic Rejection After Combined Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation in a Child With Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction: A Case Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1763-1767

  Giovanelli, M ^a   Gupte, G L ^a   Sharif, K ^a   Mayer, D A ^a   Mirza, D F ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EVENING DOSAGE; FATALITY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE GRAFT; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ROTAVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; REOPERATION;

EID: 45449092573     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.01.066     Document Type: Article

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