Effect on outcome of the lengthening waiting list for liver transplantation

Gut

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 441-443

  Ransford, R ^a   Gunson, B ^a   Mayer, D ^a   Neuberger, J ^a   Christensen, E ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE NEED; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0033850296     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.47.3.441     Document Type: Short Survey

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