Biomarkers to assess graft quality during conventional and machine preservation in liver transplantation

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 672-684

  Verhoeven, Cornelia J ^a   Farid, Waqar R R ^a   De Jonge, Jeroen ^a   Metselaar, Herold J ^a   Kazemier, Geert ^b   Van Der Laan, Luc J W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biliary complications; Graft dysfunction; Marker; Prediction; Viability testing

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYALURONIC ACID; LIVER ENZYME; MICRORNA; PROTEINASE; THROMBOMODULIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BILE; BILE COMPOSITION; BILE DUCT INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CELL DEATH; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; ENZYME RELEASE; EPITHELIUM; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HUMAN; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER PRESERVATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MACHINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STEATOSIS; TISSUE INJURY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THROMBOMODULIN;

EID: 84906315701     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 16000641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.04.031     Document Type: Note

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