Predictive factors of outcome after liver transplantation in patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2535-2540

  Merli, M ^a   Nicolini, G ^a   Gentili, F ^a   Novelli, G ^a   Iappelli, M ^a   Casciaro, G ^a   Di Tondo, U ^a   Pecorella, I ^a   Marasco, A ^a   Muda, A Onetti ^a   Nudo, F ^a   Mennini, G ^a   Corradini, S Ginanni ^a   Riggio, O ^a   Berloco, P ^a   Attili, A F ^a   Rossi, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROANGIOPATHY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTVIRAL FATIGUE SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 25144447834     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.06.031     Document Type: Article

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