Liver transplantation from donors with acute intermittent porphyria

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 571-572

  Dowman, Joanna K ^a   Gunson, Bridget K ^a   Bramhall, Simon B ^a   Newsome, Philip N ^a   Badminton, Mike N ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HEMIN; PORPHOBILINOGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INFUSION; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PORPHYRIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 79955432191     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-8-201104190-00015     Document Type: Letter

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