Use of octogenarian livers safely expands the donor pool

Transplantation

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 572-575

  Jiménez Romero, Carlos ^a   Moreno González, Enrique ^a   Colina Ruíz, Francisco ^a   Palma Carazo, Fermin ^a   Loinaz Segurola, Carmelo ^a   Rodríguez González, Francisco ^a   González Pinto, Ignacio ^a   García García, Ignacio ^a   Rodríguez Romano, Dolores ^a   Moreno Sanz, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0344604332     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199908270-00021     Document Type: Article

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