Highly urgent liver transplantation: Possible impact of donor-recipient ABO matching on the outcome after transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 347-353

  Bjøro, Kristian ^a   Ericzon, B G ^b   Kirkegaard, P ^c   Hockerstedt K ^d   Soderdahl G ^b   Olausson, M ^e   Foss, A ^a   Schmidt, L E ^c   Isoniemi, H ^d   Brandsaeter B ^a   Friman, S ^e  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REOPERATION; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037442269     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000044359.72379.E5     Document Type: Article

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