Obesity and the liver transplant recipient

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-173

  Pruett, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036197426     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2002.0080171     Document Type: Article

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