Use and validation of selection criteria for liver transplantation in acute liver failure

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 170-173

  Riordan, Stephen M ^a   Williams, Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034065114     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1527-6465(00)80006-4     Document Type: Editorial

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