Pediatric liver transplantation for acute liver failure at a single center: A 10-yr experience

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 228-232

  Heffron, Thomas G ^a   Pillen, Todd ^a   Smallwood, Gregory ^a,b   Rodriguez, John ^a   Sekar, Sundari ^a   Henry, Stuart ^a   Vos, Miriam ^a,b   Casper, Katherine ^a   Gupta, Nitika Arora ^a,b   Fasola, Carlos G ^a   Romero, Rene ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ABO incompatible; Acute liver failure; Fulminant liver failure; Liver transplantation; Pediatric liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 76449115430     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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