Simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation: Evaluation to decision making

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1702-1709

  Davis, C L ^a   Feng, S ^b   Sung, R ^c   Wong, F ^d   Goodrich, N P ^e   Melton, L B ^f   Reddy, K R ^g   Guidinger, M K ^e   Wilkinson, A ^h   Lake, J ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^f BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Liver kidney transplant; MELD; Selection

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE DURATION; EVALUATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249086997     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01856.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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