Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score and Organ Allocation From Cadaveric Donors for 198 Liver Transplantation Procedures Performed in a Single Center

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1903-1905

  Santori, G ^a   Andorno, E ^a   Morelli, N ^a   Casaccia, M ^a   Bottino, G ^a   Ghirelli, R ^a   Valente, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; GEOGRAPHY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; CADAVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 48049108523     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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