Single-center experience with liver transplantation from controlled non-heartbeating donors: A viable source of grafts

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 242, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 732-738

  Muiesan, Paolo ^a   Girlanda, Raffaele ^a   Jassem, Wayel ^a   Melendez, Hector Vilca ^a   O'Grady, John ^a   Bowles, Matthew ^a   Rela, Mohamed ^a   Heaton, Nigel ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644492814     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000186177.26112.d2     Document Type: Article

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