Liver transplantation at a small-volume procedure center - Preliminary results from taipei veterans general hospital

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 186-190

  Lin, Niang Cheng ^a   Hsia, Cheng Yuan ^a,b   Loong, Che Chuan ^a   Liu, Chin Su ^a,b   Tsai, Hsin Lin ^a,b   Lui, Wing Yiu ^a   Wu, Chew Wun ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

End stage liver disease; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43449131220     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70102-3     Document Type: Article

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