Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 233-239 , September 2007

Management of Portal Venous Complications After Liver Transplantation

  • David H. Woo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Radiology Section, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
    • ,
  • Jeanne M. LaBerge, MD

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Radiology Section, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
    • ,
  • Roy L. Gordon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Radiology Section, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
    • ,
  • Mark W. Wilson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Radiology Section, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
    • San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA.
    • ,
  • Robert K. Kerlan Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Radiology Section, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Robert K. Kerlan, Jr., MD, Interventional Radiology Section, University of California–San Francisco (UCSF), Room M-361, San Francisco, CA 94143.

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doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2007.09.017

Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 233-239 , September 2007

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