Donor age and outcome of liver transplantation

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-96

  Hoofnagle, Jay H ^a   Lombardero, Manuel ^b   Zetterman, Rowen K ^c   Lake, John ^d   Porayko, Michael ^e   Everhart, James ^a   Belle, Steven H ^b   Detre, Katherine M ^g   Wei, Yuling ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DONOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029891580     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008707288     Document Type: Article

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