Increased waiting time for liver transplantation results in higher mortality

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1300-1306

  Everhart, James E ^a,b   Lombardero, Manuel ^c   Detre, Katherine M ^c   Zetterman, Rowen K ^d   Wiesner, Russell H ^e   Lake, John R ^f   Hoofnagle, Jay H ^a  

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

^b Natcher Building   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0030707627     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199711150-00012     Document Type: Article

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