Liver transplantation in the MELD era: A single-center experience

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1070-1078

  Sachdev, Mankanwal ^a,b   Hernandez, Jose L ^a   Sharma, Pratima ^a,c   Douglas, David D ^a   Byrne, Thomas ^a   Harrison, M Edwyn ^a   Mulligan, David ^a   Moss, Adyr ^a   Reddy, Kunam ^a   Vargas, Hugo E ^a   Rakela, Jorge ^a   Balan, Vijayan ^a,d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver; Model for Endstage Liver Disease; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

ARIZONA; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33746403666     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-8011-1     Document Type: Review

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