Successful re-use of liver allografts: Three case reports and a review of the UNOS database

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 189-192

  Ortiz, Jorge ^a   Reich, David J ^a   Manzarbeitia, Cosme ^a   Humar, Abhinav ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver; Re use; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN DEATH; DATABASES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 11844306618     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00635.x     Document Type: Review

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