Mortality in candidates waiting for combined liver-intestine transplants exceeds that for other candidates waiting for liver transplants

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 748-753

  Fryer, Jonathan ^a   Pellar, Suzanne ^a   Ormond, Debra ^b   Koffron, Allan ^a   Abecassis, Michael ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME;

EID: 0038824906     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50151     Document Type: Article

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