Transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: Report of a consensus meeting

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 301-305

  Webb, Kerry ^a,e   Shepherd, Liz ^b   Day, Ed ^c   Masterton, George ^d   Neuberger, James ^a  

^a University Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33244487201     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20681     Document Type: Article

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