Erratum: Risk factors for liver transplantation waiting list mortality (Journal of Gastroenterology (DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04422.x));Risk factors for liver transplantation waiting list mortality

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-124

  Fink, Michael A ^a   Berry, S Roger ^a   Gow, Paul J ^a   Angus, Peter W ^a   Wang, Bao Zhong ^a   Muralidharan, Vijayaragavan ^a   Christophi, Christopher ^a   Jones, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatal outcome; Liver transplantation; Mortality; Survival rates; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP O; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33845667494     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.04889.x     Document Type: Erratum

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