Spleen volume and platelet count changes among donors after living donor liver transplantation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 85, 2008, Pages 1211-1215

  Chen, Tai Yi ^a   Chen, Chao Long ^b   Huang, Tung Liang ^a   Tsang, Leo Leung Chit ^a   Wang, Chih Chi ^b   Liu, Yueh Wei ^b   Yang, Chee Chieng ^b   Concejero, Allan M ^b   Cheng, Yu Fan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Donor; Living donor liver transplantation; Platelet count change; Spleen volume change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PLATELET COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149380612     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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