Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Lessons from the first year under the Model of End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) organ allocation policy

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 621-630

  Yao, Francis Y ^a,b   Bass, Nathan M ^a   Ascher, Nancy L ^a   Roberts, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP O; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NODULE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 2442626825     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20159     Document Type: Article

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