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Paediatric liver transplantation in
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| Article Type: | Brief article |
| Subject: |
Liver
(Transplantation) Liver (Usage) Liver (Health aspects) Children (Surgery) Children (Usage) Children (Health aspects) |
| Pub Date: | 04/01/2012 |
| Publication: | Name: South African Medical Journal Publisher: South African Medical Association Audience: Academic Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Health Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2012 South African Medical Association ISSN: 0256-9574 |
| Issue: | Date: April, 2012 Source Volume: 102 Source Issue: 4 |
| Geographic: | Geographic Scope: Sub-Saharan Africa Geographic Code: 60SUB Subsaharan Africa |
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| Accession Number: | 286392539 |
| Full Text: |
The Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre paediatric liver transplant
programme is the second such unit in sub-Saharan Africa. Loveland and
colleagues (5) evaluate their progress since its initiation in 2005.
Despite a shortage of organs they overcame a steep learning curve, with
results comparable with other early series. The current threat to the
viability of their unit is the lack of appropriately trained paediatric
hepatologists and intensivists. JPvN (1.) Bateman C. 'One size fits all' health policies crippling rural rehab--therapists. S Afr Med J 2012;102:200-208. (2.) Parrish A, Lancaster R. Does the nose know? Amitraz poisoning and olfaction. S Afr Med J 2012;102:231-232. (3.) Kenyon CR, Fatti G, Schrueder N, Bonorchis K, Meintjies G. The value of blood culture audits at peripheral hospitals. S Afr Med J 2012;102:232-233. (4.) Heyns CF, Van der Walt CLE, Groeneveld AE. Correlation between a new visual prostste symptom score (VPSS) and uroflowmetry parameters in men with lower urinary tract symptoms. S Afr Med J 2012;102:245-248. (5.) Loveland JA, Govender T, Botha J, Britz R. Paediatric liver transplantation in Johannesburg: Initial 29 cases and prospects for the future. S Afr Med J 2012;102:241-244. |
| Gale Copyright: | Copyright 2012 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. |
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