Impact of Pretransplant MELD Score on Posttransplant Outcome in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Hepatitis B Liver Failure

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1501-1504

  Wang, Z X ^a   Yan, L N ^a   Wang, W T ^a   Xu, M Q ^a   Yang, J Y ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD TURCOTTE PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250223001     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.02.070     Document Type: Article

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