MELD and Gender in the Waiting List for Liver Transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1509-1510

  Cholongitas, Evangelos ^a   Marelli, Laura ^a   Kerry, Andrew ^a   Nair, Devaki ^a   Patch, David ^a   Burroughs, Andrew K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 48649090184     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31816ff2c0     Document Type: Letter

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