Ten years of international experience with liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy: Results from the Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy World Transplant Registry

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-71

  Herlenius, Gustaf ^a   Wilczek, Henryk E ^a,b   Larsson, Marie ^a   Ericzon, Bo Goran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY WORLD TRANSPLANT REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREALBUMIN; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642566049     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000092307.98347.CB     Document Type: Article

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