Applicability of living donor liver transplantation to high-urgency patients

Transplantation

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-77

  Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a   Liu, Chi Leung ^a   Wei, Willian I ^a   Chan, John K ^a   Lai, Ching Lung ^a   Lau, George K ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033556468     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199901150-00012     Document Type: Article

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