Gender matching and outcome after pediatric liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 602-605

  Francavilla, Ruggiero ^a   Hadzic, Nedim ^a   Heaton, Nigel D ^a   Rela, Mohamed ^a   Baker, Alastair J ^a   Dhawan, Anil ^a   Mieli Vergani, Giorgina ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032530330     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199809150-00009     Document Type: Article

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