Quality evaluation of solid organ transplant in Italy for the period 2000 to 2002 data from the National Transplant Center

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 4163-4169

  Taioli, E ^a,b   Venettoni, S ^a   Pretagostini, R ^a   Roggero, S ^a   Scalamogna, M ^a   Mattucci, D A ^a   Costa, A N ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

HUMANS; ITALY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29544446131     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.11.017     Document Type: Article

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