A Revised Consideration on the Use of Very Aged Donors for Liver Transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-68

  Grazi, Gian Luca ^a   Cescon, Matteo ^a   Ravaioli, Matteo ^a   Ercolani, Giorgio ^a   Pierangeli, Filippo ^a   D'Errico, Antonietta ^a   Ridolfi, Lorenza ^b   Cavallari, Antonino ^a   Mazziotti, Alighieri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Regione Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Hepatic artery; Liver transplantation; Postoperative complications; Tissue donors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0035342121     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2001.010112.x     Document Type: Article

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