The Choice of Recipient Does Not Have a Bearing on Early Outcome in Liver Transplant Patients Receiving Grafts From Non-Heart-Beating Donors: A Reappraisal?

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2675-2677

  Dezza, M C ^a   Berrevoet, F ^a   Sainz Barriga, M ^a   Rossetto, A ^a   Colenbie, L ^a   Haentjens, I ^a   Van Vlierberghe, H ^a   Colle, I ^a   Van Huysse, J ^a   Praet, M ^a   Rogiers, X ^a   de Hemptinne, B ^a   Troisi, R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART BEATING DONOR; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PRESERVATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON HEART BEATING DONOR; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BILIRUBIN; BODY MASS INDEX; CREATININE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348879716     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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