Potential for expansion of the donor pool using liver allografts from donors with bacterial meningitis

Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 977-979

  Issa, Nicolas C ^a   Patel, Robin ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; DONOR; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0036780320     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2002.0080977     Document Type: Article

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