Liver transplantation in patients over 60 years of age

Transplant International

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Bjoro K ^a   Hockerstedt K ^b   Ericzon, B G ^c   Friman, S ^d   Hjortrup, A ^e   Keiding, S ^f   Schrumpf, E ^a   Duraj, F ^c   Olausson, M ^d   Makisalo H ^b   Bergan, A ^a   Kirkegaard, P ^e  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Older patient

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CREATININE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCANDINAVIA; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18044371099     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2000.tb02012.x     Document Type: Article

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