Clinical characteristics affecting the outcome of liver retransplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 878-882

  Wong, Terence ^a   Devlin, John ^a   Rolando, Nancy ^a   Heaton, Nigel ^a   Williams, Roger ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REIMPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BILIRUBIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030764830     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199709270-00015     Document Type: Article

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