Splenectomy improves survival by increasing arterial blood supply in a rat model of reduced-size liver: Original article

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 998-1007

  Eipel, Christian ^a   Abshagen, Kerstin ^a   Ritter, Jessica ^a   Cantré, Daniel ^a   Menger, Michael D ^b   Vollmar, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

partial hepatectomy; portal hyperperfusion; reduced size liver; regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOXIA; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER SIZE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC ARTERY; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PORTAL VEIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 77956335770     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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