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    Persistent unilateral right diaphragmatic palsy following liver transplantation

    H S Subhash, John W C Chen, Libby John, Jeffery J Bowden, Dimitar Sajkov and Peter Frith
    Med J Aust 2010; 192 (1): 52.
    Published online: 4 January 2010

    To the Editor: We describe two liver transplant patients who presented with unexplained dyspnoea and were subsequently found to have unilateral right diaphragmatic palsy, an uncommon complication of orthotopic liver transplantation.1-3

    • H S Subhash1
    • John W C Chen2
    • Libby John2
    • Jeffery J Bowden1
    • Dimitar Sajkov1
    • Peter Frith1

    • 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre and University, Adelaide, SA.
    • 2 SA Liver Transplant Unit, Flinders Medical Centre and University, Adelaide, SA.

    Correspondence: hssubhashcmc@hotmail.com

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