Defatting the fatty liver with normothermic perfusion of the liver allograft: Commentary

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1366-1367

  Perkins, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EX VIVO STUDY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY LIVER; GRAFT PERFUSION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER CELL; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70350540237     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21868     Document Type: Note

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