Liver transplantation in those of advancing age: The case for transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1355-1357

  Lipshutz, Gerald S ^a   Busuttil, Ronald W ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DONOR; EDITORIAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGEVITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ENGLAND; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35448953524     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21089     Document Type: Editorial

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