Quality of life and liver transplantation in patients with polycystic liver disease

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1184-1185

  Dan, Amy A ^a   Younossi, Zobair M ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECIPIENT; RETIREMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT FORM 36; SPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WELLBEING;

CYSTS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746871864     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20796     Document Type: Editorial

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