Liver Transplantation in Management of Alveolar Echinococcosis: Two Case Reports

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2936-2938

  Moray, G ^a   Shahbazov, R ^a   Sevmis, S ^a   Karakayali, H ^a   Torgay, A ^a   Arslan, G ^a   Savas, N ^a   Yilmaz, U ^a   Haberal, M ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POLITEF; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY STENOSIS; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEVER; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER; LIVER ALVEOLAR ECHINOCOCCOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCREENING TEST; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SPLENOMEGALY; STENOSIS; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SPLENOMEGALY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149106814     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.07.022     Document Type: Article

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