Successful outcome after early combined liver and en bloc-kidney transplant in an infant with primary hyperoxaluria type 1: A case report

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 940-942

  Heffron, Thomas G ^a,b   Rodriguez, John ^a   Fasola, Carlos G ^a,b   Casper, Katherine ^a   Pillen, Todd ^a   Smallwood, Gregory ^a,c   Warshaw, Barry ^a,c   Romero, Rene ^a,c   Larsen, Christian ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplant; Liver transplant; Primary hyperoxaluria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OXALOSIS 1; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POLITEF IMPLANT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYPEROXALURIA, PRIMARY; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349956580     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01189.x     Document Type: Article

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