Adult living donor liver transplantation in Singapore: The Asian Centre for Liver Diseases and Transplantation Experience

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 623-630

  Polido, Wilfredo T ^a   Lee, Kang Hoe ^a   Tay, Khoon Hean ^a   Wong, Sin Yew ^a   Singh, Ranjodh ^a   Leong, See Odd ^a   Tan, Kai Chah ^a  

^a GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Donor and recipient outcome; End stage liver disease; Hepatitis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Living donor liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN DIALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 34548481559     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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