Sirolimus may be associated with early recurrence of biliary obstruction in liver transplant patients undergoing endoscopic stenting of biliary strictures

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-276

  Tabibian, James H ^a   Yeh, Hsin Chieh ^a,b   Singh, Vikesh K ^a   Cengiz Seval, Guldane ^a   Cameron, Andrew M ^a   Gurakar, Ahmet ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Liver transplantation; Sirolimus; Stents

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; COLLAGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CELL REGENERATION; CHOLANGIOCYTE; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX; STENT;

EID: 79959385403     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31538-8     Document Type: Article

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