Hepatitis C Infection and Survivals of Liver Transplant Patients in Canada, 1997-2003

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1466-1470

  Hong, Z ^a   Smart, G ^a   Dawood, M ^a   Kaita, K ^a   Wen, S W ^a   Gomes, J ^a   Wu, J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

CANADA; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45449096099     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.089     Document Type: Article

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