Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) exception guidelines

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 12 SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Wiesner, Russell ^a   Lake, John R ^b   Freeman Jr , Richard B ^c   Gish, Robert G ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33845491930     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20961     Document Type: Article

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