Successful treatment of refractory ascites in a child with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
A 16-y-old boy who had undergone bone marrow transplantation for relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia developed liver cirrhosis and refractory ascites, which did not respond to salt restriction, diuretics and abdominal paracentesis. Liver transplantation was not feasible because of poor nutritiona...
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Main Authors: | Lee, W.S., McKiernan, P.J., de Goyet, J.D., Tanner, M.S., John, P.R. |
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2001
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Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/10923/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2001.tb01590.x/abstract |
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