Prediction of abstinence from ethanol in alcoholic recipients following liver transplantation

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1469-1477

  Foster, Preston F ^a   Fabrega, Francesc ^a   Karademir, Sedat ^a   Sankary, Howard N ^a   Mital, Deepak ^a   Williams, James W ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030963290     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250627     Document Type: Article

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