Hepatic retransplantation - An analysis of risk factors associated with outcome

Transplantation

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1499-1505

  Doyle, Howard R ^a,b,c   Morelli, Franca ^a   Mcmichael, John ^a   Doria, Cataldo ^a   Aldrighetti, Luca ^a   Starzl, Thomas E ^a,b   Marino, Ignazio R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0030011294     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199605270-00016     Document Type: Article

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