Successful liver transplantation in a child with severe portopulmonary hypertension treated with epoprostenol.

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Published in J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr on October 01, 2005

Authors

Ahmed Laving1, Ajai Khanna, Lewis Rubin, Frank Ing, Ranjan Dohil, Joel E Lavine

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University of California, San Diego, California 92103, USA.

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