Italian experience of pediatric liver transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 755-763

  Guariso, Graziella ^a,b   Visonà Dalla Pozza, Laura ^b   Manea, Silvia ^b   Salmaso, Laura ^b   Lodde, Veronica ^b   Facchin, Paola ^b   Alberti, D ^a   Baldassarre, M ^a   Baldi, M ^a   Balli, F ^a   Barbera, C ^a   Brolese, A ^a   Cacciaguerra, S ^a   Campanozzi, A ^a   Castellano, E ^a   D'Antiga, L ^a   Di Cosmo, R ^a   Frediani, T ^a   Gridelli, B ^a   Iorio, R ^a   Maggiore, G ^a   Marcellini, M ^a   Masseria, R ^a   Nebbia, G ^a   Nobili, V ^a   Pacifico, L ^a   Pastore, M ^a   Resti, M ^a   Sartorelli, M ^a   Torre, G ^a   Vajro, P ^a   Vegnente, A ^a   Viola, L ^a   Zancan, L ^a   more..

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pediatric liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; ITALY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34848900874     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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