Outcomes analysis for 50 liver transplant recipients: The Vanderbilt experience

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 320-325

  Payne, J L ^c   McCarty, K R ^c   Drougas, J G ^a   Chapman, W C ^a   Wright, J K ^a   Pinson, N Y ^a   Beliles, K E ^a   Newsom, V L ^c   Hunter, E B ^a   Raiford, D S ^a   Awad, J A ^a   Burk, R F ^a   Donovan, K L ^a   Van Buren, D H ^a   Pinson, C W ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Vanderbilt University Transplant Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13344282761     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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