Living donor liver transplantation: The ethics and the practice

Hepatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-13

  Cronin II, David C ^a   Millis, J Michael ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 38649135074     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22150     Document Type: Editorial

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