Successful living related liver transplantation from a donor with von Willebrand's disease
โ Scribed by Lee, Kang-Hoe ;Tan, Lip-Kun ;Krishnan, Prabhakaran ;Tan, Kai-Chah
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 37 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1074-3022
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โฆ Synopsis
We report a successful living related liver transplantation from a donor with von Willebrand's disease. With proper preparation, a substantial liver resection can be performed safely in such patients, and the transplanted liver will function normally.
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