To do or not to do living donor hepatectomy in Jehovah's Witnesses: Single institution experience of the first 13 resections

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1141-1145

  Jabbour, Nicolas ^a   Gagandeep, Singh ^a   Bramstedt, Katrina A ^b   Brenner, Megan ^a   Mateo, Rodrigo ^a   Selby, Rick ^a   Genyk, Yuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor; Hepatectomy; Liver transplantation; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGIOUS GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17644416761     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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