Are we ready to match donor and recipient in liver transplantation?

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1574-1576

  Marino, Ignazio R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HLA ANTIGEN; SODIUM;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DONOR SELECTION; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HLA MATCHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33750993198     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20846     Document Type: Editorial

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