Alpers-Huttenlocher Syndrome First Presented with Hepatic Failure: Can Liver Transplantation Be Considered as Treatment Option? |
Park, Sowon
(Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital)
Kang, Hoon-Chul (Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital) Lee, Jin-Sung (Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital) Park, Young Nyun (Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) Kim, Seung (Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital) Koh, Hong (Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital) |
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