Liver transplant in Hawaii: The survival of a small centre

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-61

  Wong, Linda L ^a,b   Limm, Whitney ^a   Cheung, Alan ^a   Noguchi, Hiroji ^a  

^a St Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Liver transplant

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644798220     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2005.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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