Liver transplant in Singapore - Coming of age

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 49-52

  Lee, K H ^a   Lo, S K ^a   Quak, S H ^b   Prabhakaran, ^b   Tan, K C ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b National University Hospital

Author keywords

Cost; Indications; Liver transplant; Outcome; Singapore

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; LAMIVUDINE; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031945433     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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