Transplantation of liver grafts from living donors into adults - Too much, too soon

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 1633-1637

  Cronin II, David C ^a   Michael Millis, J ^a   Siegler, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; ETHICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; CHILD; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0342467893     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200105243442112     Document Type: Review

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