Sinusoidal microcirculatory changes after small-for-size liver transplantation in rats

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 924-933

  Li, Junjian ^a   Liang, Liang ^a   Ma, Tao ^a   Yu, Xiazhen ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Xu, Guodong ^a   Liang, Tingbo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

liver transplantation; portal hypertension; sinusoidal microcirculation small for size graft

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODYNAMICS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROGNOSIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 77955253103     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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