Thrombocytopenia, splenomegaly, and portal blood flow in patients who have undergone liver transplantation for cirrhosis

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-346

  Eyraud, Daniel ^a   Granger, Benjamin ^a   Ionescu, Christian ^a   Fratéa, Silvia ^a   Darnat, Sabine ^a   Vaillant, Jean Christophe ^a   Siksik, Jean Michel ^a   Hannoun, Laurent ^a   Coriat, Pierre ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PORTAL VEIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84857621805     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22456     Document Type: Article

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