Impact of Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation on Waiting Time Survival in Candidates Listed for Liver Transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-431

  Russo, Mark W ^a   LaPointe Rudow, Dianne ^b   Kinkhabwala, Milan ^b   Emond, Jean ^b   Brown Jr , Robert S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Ctr for Liver Dis and Transplant ^*  (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cadaveric; Mortality; Right hepatectomy; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1442289486     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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