Racial differences in liver transplantation outcomes in the MELD era

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 901-910

  Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N ^a   Saeian, Kia ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HEPATITIS C; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 41849111289     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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