The donor liver allocation system: A model for end-stage liver disease

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 330-331

  Wu, Jian ^a   Zheng, Shu Sen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; CREATININE;

ALGORITHM; BILE FLOW; CALCULATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGAN DONOR; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECIPIENT; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHINA; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 4444219648     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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