Clinical and ethnic differences in candidates listed for liver transplantation with and without potential living donors

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 254-259

  LaPointe Rudow, Dianne ^a   Russo, Mark W ^a,c   Hafliger, Sylvia ^a,b   Emond, Jean C ^a,b   Brown Jr , Robert S ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b College of Physicians/Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0037341950     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50037     Document Type: Article

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