Liver graft regeneration in right lobe adult living donor liver transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1382-1388

  Cheng, Y F ^a   Huang, T L ^a   Chen, T Y ^a   Tsang, L L C ^a   Ou, H Y ^a   Yu, C Y ^a   Concejero, A ^a   Wang, C C ^a   Wang, S H ^a   Lin, T S ^a   Liu, Y W ^a   Yang, C H ^a   Yong, C C ^a   Chiu, K W ^b   Jawan, B ^a   Eng, H L ^c   Chen, C L ^a  

^a Department of Diagnostic Radiology ^*

^b Division of Hepatogastroenterology

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Liver graft regeneration; Living donor liver transplantation; Portal flow; Right lobe liver graft; Spleen size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENECTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 66249114314     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02626.x     Document Type: Article

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