Pretransplant screening of sobriety with carbohydrate-deficient transferrin in patients suffering from alcoholic cirrhosis

Transplant International

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 617-621

  Berlakovich, Gabriela A ^a   Soliman, Thomas ^a   Freundorfer, Edith ^a   Windhager, Thomas ^a   Bodingbauer, Martin ^a   Wamser, Peter ^a   Hetz, Hubert ^a   Peck Radosavljevic, Markus ^a   Muehlbacher, Ferdinand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alcoholic cirrhosis; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Pretransplant screening

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; RELAPSE;

ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TEMPERANCE; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 12144264030     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.tb00395.x     Document Type: Article

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