Acute necrotizing cholangiohepatitis with Clostridium perfringens: A rare cause of post-transplantation mortality

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 241-243

  Bradly, Dawn P ^a   Collier, Michelle ^a   Frankel, Jennifer ^a   Jakate, Shriram ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE NECROTIZING CHOLANGIOHEPATITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FATALITY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 77952491262     PISSN: 15547914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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