Is the cost of adult living donor liver transplantation higher than deceased donor liver transplantation?

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-468

  Russo, Mark W ^a   Brown Jr , Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia College Physicians/Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL SERVICE; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

EID: 1642296580     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20102     Document Type: Article

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