Use of Elderly Donors (> 60 Years) for Liver Transplantation

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 114-119

  Zhao, Yi ^a   Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Liu, Chi Leung ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 2442464760     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60323-7     Document Type: Article

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