Prognosis After Liver Transplantation Predicted by Preoperative MELD Score

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2095-2096

  Kim, D J ^a   Lee, S K ^a   Jo, J W ^a   Kim, S J ^a   Kwon, C H D ^a   Park, J W ^a   Han, Y S ^a   Park, J B ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD TURCOTTE PUGH SCORE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750440403     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.06.031     Document Type: Article

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