Usefulness of TC-99M GSA Liver Scintigraphy for the Evaluation of Liver Regeneration in Donors After Living-Donor Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2457-2459

  Kaibori, M ^a   Ha Kawa, S K ^a   Matsui, K ^a   Saito, T ^a   Kamiyama, Y ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIETHYLENETRIAMINEPENTAACETIC ACID GALACTOSYL HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOPSY; BODY MASS INDEX; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 53149103933     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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