Living donor liver transplantation for pediatric and adult recipients

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 149-157

  Kulkarni, Sanjay ^a   Malagò, Massimo ^b   Cronin II, David C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Living donor; Pediatric liver transplantation; Segmental liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CADAVER DONOR; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645318194     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: 17434386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0437     Document Type: Review

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