Unusual case report of thrombotic microangiopathy of the small bowel following liver transplantation, a possible immunosuppressant-induced disease with histological and ultrastructural findings

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 1031-1034

  Piscitelli, Domenico ^a   Fiore, Maria Grazia ^a   Rossi, Roberta ^a   Casiello, Michelina ^a   Sanguedolce, Francesca ^b  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b University Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunosuppressant; Liver transplantation; TMA

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

COLIC; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 77649316432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.115     Document Type: Article

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