Liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure in infancy: A single center experience

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 838-842

  Strauss, Annette ^a   Grabhorn, Enke ^a   Sornsakrin, Marijke ^a   Briem Richter, Andrea ^a   Fischer, Lutz ^a   Nashan, Bjoern ^a   Ganschow, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Fulminant hepatic failure; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349967824     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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