Diagnosis and management of late complications after liver transplantation
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Diagnosis and management of late complications after liver transplantation.
Liver transplantation is the only eVective treatment for end stage liver disease. In recent years the results of this major procedure have improved progressively in adults and children. At Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, the children’s liver transplantation programme was started in January 1984. By December 1996, 200 children had received 284 liver grafts. In December 1998, 138 (69%) of thes...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.81.5.446