Trends in post-liver transplant survival in patients with hepatitis C between 1991 and 2001 in the United States

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 719-724

  Thuluvath, Paul J ^a   Krok, Karen L ^a   Segev, Dorry L ^a   Yoo, Hwan Y ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249019659     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21123     Document Type: Article

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