The Nonstandard Liver, a Hidden Resource That Cannot Be Overlooked: Implications for the Identification of the Best Recipient

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1055-1058

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

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; SODIUM; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STEATOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744507820     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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