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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2007; 13(44): 5918-5925
Published online Nov 28, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i44.5918
Stability of cirrhotic systemic hemodynamics ensures sufficient splanchnic blood flow after living-donor liver transplantation in adult recipients with liver cirrhosis
Tomohide Hori, Shintaro Yagi, Taku Iida, Kentaro Taniguchi, Kentaro Yamagiwa, Chiduru Yamamoto, Takashi Hasegawa, Koichiro Yamakado, Takuma Kato, Kanako Saito, Linan Wang, Mie Torii, Yukinobu Hori, Kan Takeda, Kazuo Maruyama, Shinji Uemoto
Tomohide Hori, Kentaro Taniguchi, Kentaro Yamagiwa, Chiduru Yamamoto, Departments of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, Mie University Hospital, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, 514-8507, Japan
Takuma Kato, Linan Wang, Mie Torii, Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, 514-8507, Japan
Shintaro Yagi, Taku Iida, Shinji Uemoto, Department of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
Takashi Hasegawa, Kazuo Maruyama, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Mie University Hospital, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, 514-8507, Japan
Koichiro Yamakado, Kan Takeda, Department of Radiology, Mie University Hospital, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, 514-8507, Japan
Kanako Saito, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, 514-8507, Japan
Yukinobu Hori, Nagoya Economic University Graduate School of Law, 61-1 Uchikubo, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, 484-8504, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Tomohide Hori, Department of Hepato-biliary Pancreatic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, 514-8507, Japan. tomohide@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
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Received: June 18, 2007
Revised: August 15, 2007
Accepted: October 17, 2007
Published online: November 28, 2007
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