Portal vein complications in pediatric living donor liver transplantation using left-side grafts

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2097-2105

  Ueda, M ^a   Oike, F ^a   Kasahara, M ^a   Ogura, Y ^a   Ogawa, K ^a   Haga, H ^b   Takada, Y ^a   Egawa, H ^a   Tanaka, K ^a,c   Uemoto, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pediatric living donor liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51849146587     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02360.x     Document Type: Article

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