Exchange living donor liver transplantation to overcome ABO incompatibility in adult patients

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 482-490

  Hwang, Shin ^a   Lee, Sung Gyu ^a   Moon, Deok Bog ^a   Song, Gi Won ^a   Ahn, Chul Soo ^a   Kim, Ki Hun ^a   Ha, Tae Yong ^a   Jung, Dong Hwan ^a   Kim, Kwan Woo ^a   Choi, Nam Kyu ^a   Park, Gil Chun ^a   Yu, Young Dong ^a   Choi, Young Il ^a   Park, Pyoung Jae ^a   Ha, Hea Seon ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; KOREA; LIVER DISEASES; LIVING DONOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950673912     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22017     Document Type: Article

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