Auxiliary liver transplantation for acute liver failure in children

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 351-356

  Faraj, Walid ^a   Dar, Faisal ^a   Bartlett, Adam ^a   Melendez, Hector Vilca ^a   Marangoni, Gabriele ^a   Mukherji, Deborah ^a   Vergani, Georgina Mieli ^a   Dhawan, Anil ^a   Heaton, Nigel ^a   Rela, Mohamed ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC;

EID: 77449107290     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181bdfef6     Document Type: Article

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