A critical review of candidacy for orthotopic liver transplantation in alcoholic liver disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 734-743

  Kotlyar, David S ^a   Burke, Anne ^b   Campbell, Mical S ^b   Weinrieb, Robert M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SMOKING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 40949119034     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01691.x     Document Type: Review

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