Long-term changes of markers of alcoholism after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT)

Transplantation

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1451-1455

  Rommelspacher, Hans ^a   Wiest, Markus ^a   Neuhaus, Ruth ^b   Platzgummer, Wiltrud ^a,c   Schmidt, Lutz G ^a   Neuhaus, Peter ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029811279     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199611270-00012     Document Type: Article

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