One hundred and thirty-seven living donor pediatric liver transplants at Riyadh military hospital. Results and outlook for future

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-408

  Khan, Iftikhar A ^a   Al Shaqrani, Mohammad A ^a   Arain, Zahid B ^a   Al Hebbi, Homoud A ^a   Wali, Sami H ^a   Bassas, Atef F ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGRAFT; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRICS; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67649228608     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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