Liver transplant for the septuagenarians: Importance of patient selection

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1445-1448

  Safdar, K ^a   Neff, G W ^a   Montalbano, M ^a   Meyer, D ^a   O'Brien, C ^a   Yamashiki, N ^a   Schiff, E ^a   Tzakis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142640628     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.04.086     Document Type: Article

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