Outcomes of liver transplantation for paracetamol (acetaminophen)-induced hepatic failure

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1351-1357

  Cooper, Sheldon C ^a   Aldridge, Roland C ^a   Shah, Tahir ^a   Webb, Kerry ^a   Nightingale, Peter ^b   Paris, Sue ^a   Gunson, Bridget K ^a   Mutimer, David J ^a   Neuberger, James M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUICIDE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350538718     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21799     Document Type: Article

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