Analysis of Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score in a Liver Transplantation Waiting List

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2511-2513

  Ferraz Neto, B H ^a   Hidalgo, R ^a   Thome T ^a   Melo Jr , V A ^a   Lobue, A ^a   Zurstrassen, M P V C ^a   Moraes Jr , J M ^a   Meira Filho, S P ^a   Rezende, M B ^a   Fonseca, L E P ^a   Pandullo, F L ^a   Soeiro, F S ^a   Afonso, R C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 35348899494     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.07.023     Document Type: Article

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