Predictors of death on the waiting list for liver transplantation characterized by a long waiting time

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 572-576

  Gheorghe, L ^a   Popescu, I ^a   Iacob, R ^a   Iacob, S ^a   Gheorghe, C ^a  

^a FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Model for end stage liver disease

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME OF DEATH; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; ROMANIA; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; ROMANIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 23844552495     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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