Liver transplantation for hepatopulmonary syndrome due to noncirrhotic portal hypertension

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2814-2816

  Maganty, K ^a   Ghanta, R ^a   Bejarano, P ^a   Weppler, D ^a   Tekin, A ^a   Moon, J ^a   Nishida, S ^a   Tzakis, A ^a   Martin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; DACLIZUMAB; MEPREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 80052701539     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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