Liver transplantation in Europe: Is there a room for improvement?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-40

  Adam, René ^a   Lucidi, Valerio ^a   Karam, Vincent ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; HEPATITIS ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; TACROLIMUS;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; DONOR; EUROPE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ARREST; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECIPIENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFECTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EUROPE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 11144298913     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.11.006     Document Type: Review

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