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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2011; 17(14): 1848-1857
Published online Apr 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i14.1848
Thrombotic microangiopathy-like disorder after living-donor liver transplantation: A single-center experience in Japan
Tomohide Hori, Toshimi Kaido, Fumitaka Oike, Yasuhiro Ogura, Kohei Ogawa, Yukihide Yonekawa, Koichiro Hata, Yoshiya Kawaguchi, Mikiko Ueda, Akira Mori, Hajime Segawa, Kimiko Yurugi, Yasutsugu Takada, Hiroto Egawa, Atsushi Yoshizawa, Takuma Kato, Kanako Saito, Linan Wang, Mie Torii, Feng Chen, Ann-Marie T Baine, Lindsay B Gardner, Shinji Uemoto
Tomohide Hori, Toshimi Kaido, Fumitaka Oike, Yasuhiro Ogura, Kohei Ogawa, Yukihide Yonekawa, Koichiro Hata, Yoshiya Kawaguchi, Mikiko Ueda, Akira Mori, Yasutsugu Takada, Hiroto Egawa, Atsushi Yoshizawa, Shinji Uemoto, Departments of Hepato-pancreato-biliary, Transplant and Pediatric Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Hajime Segawa, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Kimiko Yurugi, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Takuma Kato, Kanako Saito, Mie Torii, Linan Wan, Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Mie University Hospital Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, 514-8507, Japan
Feng Chen, Ann-Marie T Baine, Lindsay B Gardner, Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Florida, FL 32224, United States
Author contributions: Hori T wrote the paper and performed the research; Kaido T, Oike F, Ogura Y, Ogawa K, Yonekawa Y, Hata K, Kawaguchi Y, Ueda M, Mori A, Yoshizawa A, Segawa H, Chen F, Baine AMT and Gardner LB provided important opinions based on their specialized experiences, measured the important factors and collected the data; Yurugi K, Kato T, Saito K, Wang L and Torii M performed important assays for the research; Uemoto S, Takada Y and Egawa H designed the research; Uemoto S supervised the research.
Supported by the Grant from Uehara Memorial Foundation, No. 200940051, Tokyo, 171-0033, Japan
Correspondence to: Tomohide Hori, PhD, MD, Departments of Hepato-pancreato-biliary, Transplant and Pediatric Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Shogoinkawara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. horit@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Received: May 13, 2010
Revised: June 9, 2010
Accepted: June 16, 2010
Published online: April 14, 2011
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