Improvement in Survival Associated With Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Gastroenterology

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1806-1813

  Berg, Carl L ^a   Gillespie, Brenda W ^b   Merion, Robert M ^c   Brown Jr , Robert S ^d   Abecassis, Michael M ^e   Trotter, James F ^f   Fisher, Robert A ^g   Freise, Chris E ^h   Ghobrial, R Mark ⁱ   Shaked, Abraham ^j   Fair, Jeffrey H ^k   Everhart, James E ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 36549069816     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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