Liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure in the pediatric patient

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 839-846

  Goss, John A ^a   Shackleton, Christopher R ^a   Maggard, Melinda ^a   Swenson, Kim ^a   Seu, Philip ^a   McDiarmid, Sue V ^a   Busuttil, Ronald W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031858078     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.8.839     Document Type: Article

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