Non-inflammatory centrilobular sinusoidal fibrosis in pediatric liver transplant recipients under tacrolimus withdrawal

Hepatology Research

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 895-903

  Egawa, Hiroto ^a,b   Miyagawa Hayashino, Aya ^a   Haga, Hironori ^a   Teramukai, Satoshi ^c   Yoshizawa, Atsushi ^a   Ogawa, Kohei ^a   Ogura, Yasuhiro ^a   Okamoto, Shinya ^a   Kaido, Toshimi ^a   Uemoto, Shinji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centrilobular fibrosis; Immunosuppression; Liver transplantation; Protocol biopsy; Weaning

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ALAGILLE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONINFLAMMATORY CENTRAL SINUSOIDAL FIBROSIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84865133146     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2012.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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