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Successful living domino liver transplantation in a child with protein C deficiency.
Pediatric transplantation - 1 May 2015
Matsunami Masatoshi, Ishiguro Akira, Fukuda Akinari, Sasaki Kengo, Uchida Hajime, Shigeta Takanobu, Kanazawa Hiroyuki, Sakamoto Seisuke, Ohta Motoki, Nakadate Hisaya, Horikawa Reiko, Nakazawa Atsuko, Ishige Mika, Mizuta Koichi, Kasahara Mureo
Abstract excerpt
PC is produced in the liver and inhibits blood coagulation by catalyzing active factors V and VIII. PC deficiency causes abnormal blood clotting that is difficult to regulate by anticoagulative treatments. Four reports of PC deficiency treated with LTx have been published; however, no report of DLT as a therapy for PC deficiency is available. We describe a case of a 23-month-old girl who received DLT for compound...
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