Organ allocation in lung transplant

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1646-1651

  Davis, Steven Q ^a   Garrity Jr , Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung allocation score; Lung transplantation; Organ allocation; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36348942840     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0011     Document Type: Article

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