Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with a novel telomerase mutation and steatosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 399-401

  Valenti, Luca ^a   Dongiovanni, Paola ^a   Maggioni, Marco ^b   Motta, Benedetta Maria ^a   Rametta, Raffaela ^a   Milano, Marta ^a   Fargion, Silvia ^a   Reggiani, Paolo ^b   Fracanzani, Anna Ludovica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Genetic mutation; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EVEROLIMUS; INSULIN; METFORMIN; SIMVASTATIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TELOMERASE GENE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMORBIDITY; FATAL OUTCOME; FATTY LIVER; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; TELOMERASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872408259     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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