The survival benefit of deceased donor liver transplantation as a function of candidate disease severity and donor quality

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 419-425

  Schaubel, D E ^a,b   Sima, C S ^b,c   Goodrich, N P ^b,c   Feng, S ^d   Merion, R M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients   (United States)

^c ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor risk; Liver transplantation; MELD score; SRTR; Survival benefit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAFT FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 38749111114     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02086.x     Document Type: Article

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