MELD and Other Factors Associated with Survival after Liver Transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 819-825

  Menon, K V Narayanan ^a   Nyberg, Scott L ^a   Harmsen, William S ^b   DeSouza, Nelson F ^a   Rosen, Charles B ^a   Krom, Ruud A F ^a   Wiesner, Russell H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Liver transplantation; MELD; Renal dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CHILD PUGH CLASSIFICATION; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MODEL; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442451741     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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