Long-term follow-up of portal hypertension after liver transplantation in children

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-209

  Ling, S C ^a   Pfeiffer, A ^a   Avitzur, Y ^a   Fecteau, A ^a   Grant, D ^b   Ng, V L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Liver transplantation; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 59449085851     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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