Liver transplantation in alcoholic patients

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 491-498

  Burra, Patrizia ^a,c   Lucey, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Indication to liver transplantation; Liver transplantation; Long term outcome following liver transplantation; Relapse into alcohol consumption; Timing for liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23844453758     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00079.x     Document Type: Review

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