Utility of liver allograft biopsy obtained at procurement

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 639-646

  Lo, Irene J ^a   Lefkowitch, Jay H ^a   Feirt, Nikki ^a   Alkofer, Barbara ^b   Kin, Cindy ^c   Samstein, Benjamin ^a   Guarrera, James V ^a   Renz, John F ^a,d  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FATTY LIVER; FROZEN SECTION; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGAN DONOR; PATHOLOGIST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAINING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FROZEN SECTIONS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43849103927     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21419     Document Type: Article

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