Orthotopic liver transplantation and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: Do hepatic vascular malformations relapse? A long term follow up study on two patients [3]

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 687-689

  Sabbà, Carlo ^a   Gallitelli, Mauro ^a   Longo, Antonio ^b   Cariati, Maurizio ^b   Angelelli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b Recco ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LETTER; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; PLASMA FACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RELATIVE; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 4644274957     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.06.007     Document Type: Letter

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