Favorable outcome of primary liver transplantation in children with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 573-579

  Romano, Fabrizio ^a   Stroppa, Paola ^b   Bravi, Michela ^b   Casotti, Valeria ^b   Lucianetti, Alessandro ^c   Guizzetti, Michela ^c   Sonzogni, Aurelio ^b   Colledan, Michele ^c   D'Antiga, Lorenzo ^b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c General Surgery III   (Italy)

Author keywords

children; cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma; liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

NITISINONE;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE SALT EXPORT PUMP DEFICIENCY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYROSINEMIA;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052084805     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2011.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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