The optimal timing of liver transplantation in patients with chronic cholestatic liver disease

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 937-940

  De Rave, Sjoerd ^a   Schalm, Solko W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Primary sclerosing cholangitis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25144500624     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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