Case report of a successful liver transplantation for acute liver failure due to mitochondrial respiratory chain complex III deficiency

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4025-4028

  Iwama, I ^a   Baba, Y ^b   Kagimoto, S ^a   Kishimoto, H ^a   Kasahara, M ^c   Murayama, K ^d   Shimizu, K ^a  

^a SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d CHIBA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATINE KINASE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATORY CHAIN COMPLEX III DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

BIOPSY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83655211384     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.09.042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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