Predictive indices of morbidity and mortality after liver resection [9]

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 244, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 635-637

  Ercolani, G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GALACTOSE; LIDOCAINE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER RESECTION; NOTE; PROGNOSIS;

HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33748935780     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000239644.28302.16     Document Type: Letter

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