Split liver sharing in the United States

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1583-1584

  Abecassis, Michael ^a   Superina, Riccardo ^a   Axelrod, David ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLIT LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21344474623     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00940.x     Document Type: Review

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