Predictors of the cause of liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation and Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-176

  Brown Jr, R S ^a   Lake, J R ^a   Ascher, N L ^a   Emond, J L ^a   Roberts, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; KIDNEY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

CREATINE PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHOCREATINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032011783     PISSN: 10743022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500040211     Document Type: Article

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