Successful liver transplantation using an 87 year-old donor

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 1819-1822

  Mazziotti, Alighieri ^a   Cescon, Matteo ^a   Grazi, Gian Luca ^a   Nardo, Bruno ^a   D'Errico, Antonietta ^a   Ercolani, Giorgio ^a   Cavallari, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liver biopsy; Liver transplantation; Old donors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0032768023     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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