Liver Transplantation in Children: Update 2010

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 401-414

  Kamath, Binita M ^a,b   Olthoff, Kim M ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor; Liver disease; Pediatric liver transplant; Recipient

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; BILE LEAKAGE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY NONFUNCTION OF THE HEPATIC GRAFT; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; RECIPIENT; RETRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CHILD; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950993464     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2010.01.012     Document Type: Review

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