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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2005; 11(44): 6954-6959
Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6954
Published online Nov 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.6954
Excessive portal flow causes graft failure in extremely small-for-size liver transplantation in pigs
Hong-Sheng Wang, Yoshitaka Enomoto, Masahiro Usuda, Shigehito Miyagi, Takeshi Asakura, Hiroo Masuoka, Takashi Aiso, Keisuke Fukushima, Tomohiro Narita, Hideyuki Yamaya, Atsushi Nakamura, Satoshi Sekiguchi, Naoki Kawagishi, Akira Sato, Susumu Satomi, Division of Advanced Surgical Science and Technology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
Nobuhiro Ohkohchi, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Japan, the Ministry of Welfare of Japan, and by a grant from Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
Correspondence to: Nobuhiro Ohkohchi, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan. nokuchi3@md.tsukuba.ac.jp
Telephone: +81-29-8353221 Fax: +81-29-8353222
Received: April 28, 2005
Revised: June 3, 2005
Accepted: June 9, 2005
Published online: November 28, 2005
Revised: June 3, 2005
Accepted: June 9, 2005
Published online: November 28, 2005
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