Long-term outcomes following liver transplantation for hepatic hemangioendothelioma: The UNOS experience from 1987 to 2005

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-116

  Rodriguez, Joel A ^a   Becker, Natasha S ^a   O'Mahony, Christine A ^a   Goss, John A ^a   Aloia, Thomas A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemangioendothelioma; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149082149     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0247-3     Document Type: Article

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