Liver transplantation for acute liver failure - A 5 years experience

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-194

  Viana, Cyntia Ferreira Gomes ^a   Rocha, Tarciso Daniel Santos ^a   Cavalcante, Fernanda Paula ^a,b   Valença Jr , José Telmo ^a   Coelho, Gustavo Rêgo ^a   Garcia, Jose Huygens Parente ^a  

^a Department of Surgery and Liver Transplantation   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Liver failure, acute; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55249087428     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: 16784219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-28032008000300004     Document Type: Article

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