Comparison of Child-Turcotte-Pugh and Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease Scoring Systems to Predict Morbidity and Mortality of Children Awaiting Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3175-3177

  Dehghani, S M ^a   Gholami, S ^a   Bahador, A ^a   Haghighat, M ^a   Imanieh, M H ^a   Nikeghbalian, S ^a   Salahi, H ^a   Davari, H R ^a   Mehrabani, D ^a   Malek Hosseini, S A ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD TURCOTTE PUGH SCORING SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 37049036850     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.07.080     Document Type: Article

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