Split Liver Network: A Collaborative Internet-Based Scenario to Expand the Organ Pool

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1923-1926

  Valente, R ^a   Andorno, E ^a   Santori, G ^a   De Feo, T M ^b   Ghirelli, R ^a   Valente, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; ITALY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPLIT LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INTERNET; ITALY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34547689397     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.05.030     Document Type: Article

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