Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation 2002: Patient and graft survival and rejection in pediatric recipients of a first liver transplant in the United States and Canada

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-283

  Martin, S R ^a   Atkison, P ^b   Anand, R ^c   Lindblad, A S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Graft survival; Liver; Pediatric; Rejection; Risk factors; Survival; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942748305     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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