Impact of liver transplantation on HRQOL in children less than 5 years old

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 222-227

  Cole, Conrad R ^a,c   Bucuvalas, John C ^a   Hornung, Richard W ^b   Krug, Susan ^a   Ryckman, Frederick C ^a   Atherton, Harry ^a   Alonso, Maria P ^a   Balistreri, William F ^a   Kotagal, Uma ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Living donor transplantation; Outcome; Pediatric liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CADAVER DONOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE;

BILIRUBIN; CADAVER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 2942735217     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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