Intercontinental comparison of patient cohorts: What can we learn from it?

Gut

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1500-1501

  Schemmer, P ^a   Fischer, L ^a   Schmidt, J ^a   Buchler M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; NOTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRELAND; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35648963070     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2007.124610     Document Type: Note

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