Long-term outcomes of pediatric living donor liver transplantation in Japan: An analysis of more than 2200 cases listed in the registry of the japanese liver transplantation society

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1830-1839

  Kasahara, M ^a   Umeshita, K ^b   Inomata, Y ^c   Uemoto, S ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; living donor; living donor liver transplantation; pediatric liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALAGILLE SYNDROME; ARGININOSUCCINIC ACIDURIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE DUCT MALFORMATION; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE I DEFICIENCY; CAROLI DISEASE; CHILD; CITRULLINEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; JAPAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC DISORDER; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; NEWBORN; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ORNITHINE TRANSCARBAMYLASE DEFICIENCY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; OXALOSIS 1; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIC ACIDEMIA; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYROSINEMIA; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879556138     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12276     Document Type: Article

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