Liver transplantation from non-heart beating donors

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7538, 2006, Pages 376-377

  White, S A ^a   Prasad, K R ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN STEM; EDITORIAL; EX VIVO STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ARREST; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CADAVER; DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; METHODOLOGY;

CADAVER; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33644868154     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7538.376     Document Type: Editorial

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