Current health status of patients who have survived for more than 15 years after liver transplantation

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 252-258

  de Kroon, L ^a   Drent, G ^a   van den Berg, A P ^a   Haagsma, E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; EQ 6D; Health status; Liver transplantation; Long term survival; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIURETIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PREDNISOLONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TACROLIMUS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOTHERAPY; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; SKIN CANCER; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVORS; TIME;

EID: 34547745414     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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