Auxiliary Liver Transplantation: A Form of Gene Therapy in Selective Metabolic Disorders

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-120

  Shanmugam, Naresh P ^a   Perumalla, Rajasekhar ^a   Gopinath, R G ^a   Olithselvan, A ^a   Varghese, Joy ^a   Kapoor, Dharmesh ^a   Rela, Mohmed ^a  

^a Global Hospitals and Health City   (India)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Auxiliary liver transplant; Crigler Najjar syndrome; Gene therapy; Pediatric transplantation

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; CRIGLER NAJJAR SYNDROME; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INDIA; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83455246654     PISSN: 09736883     EISSN: 22133453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-6883(11)60132-1     Document Type: Article

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