Advanced donor age increases the risk of severe recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 902-907

  Alonso, Oscar ^a,b   Loinaz, Carmelo ^a   Moreno, Enrique ^a   Jiménez, Carlos ^a   Abradelo, Manuel ^a   Gómez, Ramón ^a   Meneu, Juan Carlos ^a   Lumbreras, Carlos ^a   García, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Donor age; Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis; Hepatitis C; Liver transplant; Severe recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; AGE; CHILD; DONOR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 25144482961     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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