Selection of liver-transplant candidates for adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation as the only surgical option for end-stage liver disease

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1077-1083

  Yamashiki, Noriyo ^a   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a   Tamura, Sumihito ^a   Kaneko, Junichi ^a   Nojiri, Kayo ^a   Omata, Masao ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746006581     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20759     Document Type: Article

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