Neonates with severe infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma: Limitations of liver transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 560-564

  Grabhorn, Enke ^a   Richter, Andrea ^a   Fischer, Lutz ^a   Krebs Schmitt, Dorothee ^a   Ganschow, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Infants; Liver tumor; Survival

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651180883     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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