Outcome for Hong Kong residents undergoing cadaveric liver transplantation in mainland China

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-170

  Wong, A C C ^a   Lo, C M ^a   Liu, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Liver transplantation; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CADAVER DONOR; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038014087     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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