Right hepatic lobe donation adversely affects donor life insurability up to one year after donation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 843-847

  Nissing, Matthew H ^a   Hayashi, Paul H ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LIFE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22144459027     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20411     Document Type: Editorial

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