Psychological outcome and quality of life following liver transplantation: A prospective, national, single-center study

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 712-720

  O'Carroll, Ronan E ^a   Couston, Margaret ^b   Cossar, Jill ^b   Masterton, George ^b   Hayes, Peter Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECIPIENT; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0038824923     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50138     Document Type: Article

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