Small-Sized Liver Graft Does Not Increase the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1526-1529

  Hwang, S ^a   Lee, S G ^a   Ahn, C S ^a   Kim, K H ^a   Moon, D B ^a   Ha, T Y ^a   Park, K M ^a   Song, G W ^a   Jung, D H ^a   Kim, B S ^a   Moon, K M ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250165344     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.03.066     Document Type: Article

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