Predictors of Outcomes after Pediatric Liver Transplantation: An Analysis of More Than 800 Cases Performed at a Single Institution

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 904-914

  Farmer, Douglas G ^a   Venick, Robert S ^a   McDiarmid, Sue V ^a   Ghobrial, Rafik M ^a   Gordon, Sherilyn A ^a   Yersiz, Hasan ^a   Hong, Johnny ^a   Candell, Leah ^a   Cholakians, Argine ^a   Wozniak, Laura ^a   Martin, Martin ^a   Vargas, Jorge ^a   Ament, Marvin ^a   Hiatt, Jonathan ^a   Busuttil, Ronald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOG RANK TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247535764     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.061     Document Type: Article

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