Evolution of living donor liver transplantation in Egypt

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1394-1397

  Khalaf, Hatem ^a,d   El Meteini, Mahmoud ^b   El Sefi, Talaat ^b   Hamza, Alaa F ^b   El Gazaz, Galal ^c   Saleh, Saleh M ^b   Moustafa, Ibrahim ^b   Gad, Hesham ^b   Yosry, Ayman ^d   El Hussainy, Ehab ^d   Khafaga, Medhat ^b   Helmy, Amr ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Suez Canal University Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944481488     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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