Expanding the Donor Pool: Lung Transplantation With Donors 55 Years and Older

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2691-2693

  Dahlman, S ^a   Jeppsson, A ^a   Schersten H ^a   Nilsson, F ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750610318     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.07.037     Document Type: Article

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