Health-related quality of life in liver transplant recipients

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-80

  Bucuvalas, John C ^a   Alonso, Estella ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Liver transplantation; Outcomes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21044456604     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mot.0000163043.71825.cf     Document Type: Review

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