Health-related quality of life in pediatric liver transplant recipients: A single-center study

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-71

  Bucuvalas, John C ^a   Britto, Maria ^a   Krug, Susan ^a   Ryckman, Frederick C ^a   Atherton, Harry ^a   Alonso, Maria P ^a   Ballistreri, William F ^a   Kotagal, Uma ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RECIPIENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TIME;

EID: 12244308536     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50012     Document Type: Article

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