Model for end stage liver disease score does not predict graft survival after living donor liver transplantation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 71, 2006, Pages 781-782

  Dulundu, Ender ^b   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a,c   Kishi, Yoji ^a   Akamatsu, Nobuhisa ^a   Kaneko, Junichi ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Living donor liver transplantation; MELD

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750578556     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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