Results of liver transplantation in the treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-10

  Mackiewicz, Anna ^a   Kotulski, Marcin ^a   Zieniewicz, Krzysztof ^a   Krawczyk, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Budd chiari syndrome; Liver failure; Liver transplantation; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS)

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84859383697     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/aot.882630     Document Type: Article

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