Putative survival predictors in right-graft (adult) recipients after in situ split-liver transplantation: A retrospective single-center analysis

Transplant International

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 476-485

  Santori, Gregorio ^a   Andorno, Enzo ^a   Antonucci, Adelmo ^a   Morelli, Nicola ^a   Panaro, Fabrizio ^a   Valente, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult recipients; Coagulation abnormality score; Split liver transplantation; Survival predictors; Whole liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CHILD; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLATELET COUNT; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 0042026841     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2003.tb00336.x     Document Type: Article

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