Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: Evaluation of a selection protocol

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1478-1484

  Anand, Anil C ^a   Ferraz Neto, Ben Hur ^b   Nightingale, Peter ^d   Mirza, Darius F ^d   White, Alfred C ^d   McMaster, Paul ^d   Neuberger, James M ^c  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b 947/91 Barueri   (Brazil)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030979382     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250628     Document Type: Article

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