Predictors of early graft survival after pediatric liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1324-1332

  Ciria, Ruben ^a,b   Davila, Diego ^a   Khorsandi, Shirin E ^a   Dar, Faisal ^a   Valente, Roberto ^a   Briceño, Javier ^b   Vilca Melendez, Hector ^a   Dhawan, Anil ^a   Rela, Mohamed ^a   Heaton, Nigel D ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; ENOXAPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868135870     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23532     Document Type: Article

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