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Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-504

  Lucey, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; CANCER GROWTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EUROPE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644611165     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000198742.87424.66     Document Type: Note

References (6)

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3. Olthoff KM, Brown R, Delmonico F, et al. Summary report of a national conference: Evolving concepts in liver allocation in the MELD and PELD era. Liver Transpl 2004; 10: A6.
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6. Lucey MR. How will patients be selected for transplantation in the future? Liver Transpl 2004; 10: S90.