Survival and quality of life after organ transplantation in veterans and nonveterans

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 476-480

  Moore, Derek ^a   Feurer, Irene ^a   Speroff, Theodore ^b,c   Shaffer, David ^a   Nylander, William ^a   Kizilisik, Tarik ^a   Butler, Javed ^b,c   Awad, Joseph ^c   Gorden, D Lee ^a   Chari, Ravi ^a   Wright, J Kelly ^a   Pinson, C Wright ^a  

^a Vanderbilt University Transplant Center   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Survival; Transplantation; Veterans Affairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CENTER; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VARIANCE;

EID: 0242266601     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.07.024     Document Type: Article

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