Survival after liver transplantation in the United States: A disease-specific analysis of the UNOS database

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 886-897

  Roberts, Mark S ^a   Angus, Derek C ^a   Bryce, Cindy L ^a   Valenta, Zdenek ^b   Weissfeld, Lisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CANCER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECIPIENT; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242750664     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20137     Document Type: Article

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