Prognostic Value of MELD Score and Donor Quality in Liver Transplantation: Implications for the Donor Recipient Match

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1059-1062

  Avolio, A W ^a   Agnes, S ^a   Gasbarrini, A ^a   Nure, E ^a   Siciliano, M ^a   Castagneto, M ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744504618     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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