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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 14, 2009; 15(6): 648-674
Published online Feb 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.648
Published online Feb 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.648
Pediatric liver transplantation
Marco Spada, Silvia Riva, Davide Cintorino, Bruno Gridelli, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione-IsMeTT, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 90127 Palermo, Italy
Giuseppe Maggiore, Department of Reproductive Medicine and Child Development, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
Author contributions: Spada M and Gridelli B were the principal authors of the paper, and wrote the following sections: introduction, prioritization, the transplant operation, early post-operative period, managing immunosuppressive therapy, late allograft dysfunction, outcome following transplantation; edited the final manuscript; Riva S and Maggiore G wrote the following sections: indications for liver transplantation, contraindications to liver transplantation, evaluation of the transplant candidate, infections, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders; Cintorino D was involved in much of the data acquisition and participated in the writing of the surgical sections of the manuscript; all authors gave their final approval for the paper.
Correspondence to: Marco Spada, MD, PhD, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione-IsMeTT, Via E. Tricomi 1, 90127 Palermo, Italy. mspada@ismett.edu
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Received: July 4, 2008
Revised: December 3, 2008
Accepted: December 10, 2008
Published online: February 14, 2009
Revised: December 3, 2008
Accepted: December 10, 2008
Published online: February 14, 2009
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