Living-related donor liver transplantation for children with fulminant hepatic failure in Israel

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-455

  Shouval, Dror S ^a   Mor, Eytan ^b   Avitzur, Yaron ^a   Shamir, Raanan ^a   Bar Nathan, Nathan ^b   Steinberg, Ran ^a   Schoenfeld, Tommy ^a   Ben Ari, Ziv ^b   Shapiro, Rivka ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Fulminant hepatic failure; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650860454     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e318196c379     Document Type: Article

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