Safe use of segmental liver grafts from donors after cardiac death (DCD) in children with acute liver failure

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 757-760

  Perera, M Thamara P R ^a   Gozzini, Sara ^a   Mayer, David ^a   Sharif, Khalid ^a   Bennett, James ^a   Muiesan, Paolo ^a   Mirza, Darius F ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Donation after cardiac death; Reduced liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66949174448     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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