Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1099-1105 , October 2008

Endovascular treatment of acute arterial complications after living-donor liver transplantation

  • G.S. Jeon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Ajou University Hospital, School of Medicine, San 5, Wonchun-dong, Youngtong-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggido 443-721, Republic of Korea
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  • J.H. Won

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Ajou University Hospital, School of Medicine, San 5, Wonchun-dong, Youngtong-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggido 443-721, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: J.H. Won, Department of Radiology, Ajou University Hospital, San 5, Wonchun-Dong, Youngtong-Gu, Suwon 443-721, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 31 219 5863; fax: +82 31 219 5862.
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  • H.J. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Ajou University Hospital, School of Medicine, San 5, Wonchun-dong, Youngtong-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggido 443-721, Republic of Korea
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  • B.W. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Ajou University Hospital, School of Medicine, San 5, Wonchun-dong, Youngtong-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggido 443-721, Republic of Korea
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  • B.M. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Aerospace medical center, Ssangsu-ri, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 363-849, Republic of Korea

Received 22 November 2007 ,Revised 2 April 2008 ,Accepted 3 April 2008.

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PII: S0009-9260(08)00206-7

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.04.015

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1099-1105 , October 2008

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