Life expectancy of adult liver allograft recipients in the UK

Gut

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-282

  Barber, K ^b   Blackwell, J ^b   Collett, D ^b   Neuberger, J ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UK Transplant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33846977419     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.093195     Document Type: Article

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