Selection criteria for liver transplantation in paediatric acute liver failure: The saga continues

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-6

  Shanmugam, Naresh P ^a   Dhawan, Anil ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WILSON DISEASE;

CHILD; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751666681     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01457.x     Document Type: Editorial

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