Should donors and recipients be matched in liver transplantation?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 488-494

  Burra, Patrizia ^a   Porte, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BODY SIZE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA MATCHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGAN DONOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33748121589     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2006.07.021     Document Type: Review

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