Liver transplantation for hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: The Canadian multicentre experience

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 821-824

  Nudo, Carmine G ^a,i   Yoshida, Eric M ^b   Bain, Vincent G ^c   Marleau, Denis ^d   Wong, Phil ^e   Marotta, Paul J ^f   Renner, Eberhard ^g   Watt, Kymberly D ^h   Deschênes, Marc ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Liver; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; ADOLESCENT; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249088057     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/418485     Document Type: Article

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