Re-evaluation of the indications for liver transplantation in Wilson's disease based on the outcomes of patients referred to a transplant center

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 369-373

  Ohya, Yuki ^a   Okajima, Hideaki ^b   Honda, Masaki ^a   Hayashida, Shintaro ^a   Suda, Hiroko ^a   Matsumoto, Shiro ^a   Lee, Kwang Jong ^a   Yamamoto, Hidekazu ^a   Takeichi, Takayuki ^a   Mitsubuchi, Hiroshi ^a   Asonuma, Katsuhiro ^a   Endo, Fumio ^a   Inomata, Yukihiro ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

indication; liver transplantation; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

PENICILLAMINE; TRIENTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RETRANSPLANTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENECTOMY; STEATOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHELATING AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877991131     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/petr.12085     Document Type: Article

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