Outcome of liver transplantation in hereditary hemochromatosis

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 717-724

  Dar, Faisal S ^a   Faraj, Walid ^a   Zaman, Muhammad B ^a   Bartlett, Adam ^a   Bomford, Adrian ^a   O'Sullivan, Adrian ^a   O'Grady, John ^a   Heneghan, Michael ^a   Rela, Mohamed ^a   Heaton, Nigel D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; C282Y; Cirrhosis; HCC; Hemochromatosis; HFE; Iron overload; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; HEPARIN; IRON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; WARFARIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DISORDER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN THROMBOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PHLEBOTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RASH; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIREMIA; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66949154346     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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