Liver transplant candidate unsuitability: A review of the British Columbia experience

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-99

  Alali, Jaber ^a,c   Ramji, Alnoor ^a,c   Ho, Jin K ^a,c   Scudamore, Charles H ^a,c   Erb, Siegfried R ^a,c   Cheung, Elsie ^c   Kopit, Bina ^b,c   Bannon, Clare A ^c   Chung, Stephen W ^a,c   Soos, John G ^b,c   Buczkowski, Andrezj K ^a,c   Brooks, Eileen M ^c   Steinbrecher, Urs P ^a,c   Yoshida, Eric M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c British Columbia Transplant Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Liver; Social support; Transplantation; Unsuitable

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOL REHABILITATION PROGRAM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33645284389     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/879103     Document Type: Review

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