Impact of right-lobe live donor liver transplantation on patients waiting for liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 863-869

  Liu, Chi Leung ^a   Lam, Banny ^a   Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0042062485     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50163     Document Type: Article

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