Outcome of Imported Liver Allografts and Impact on Patient Access to Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3564-3566

  Akoad, M ^a   Wagener, M ^a   Francis, F ^a   Ahmed, J ^a   Ulizio, D ^a   Cacciarelli, T V ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; INOTROPIC AGENT; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INFECTION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROLOGY; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845437999     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.10.037     Document Type: Article

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