Addictive behavior after solid organ transplantation: What do we know already and what do we need to know?

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-129

  Tome, Santiago ^a   Said, Adnan ^a   Lucey, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; EDITORIAL; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39449108324     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21311     Document Type: Editorial

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