Removing patients from the liver transplant wait list: A survey of US liver transplant programs

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-307

  Charpentier, Kevin P ^a   Mavanur, Arun ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 41149131204     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21353     Document Type: Article

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