Planned exploration of pediatric liver transplant recipients reduces posttransplant morbidity and lowers length of hospitalization

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 950-956

  Renz, John F ^a,b   Rosenthal, Philip ^a   Roberts, John P ^a   Ascher, Nancy L ^a   Emond, Jean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030954710     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430330016002     Document Type: Article

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