Morbidity and mortality associated with chronic intestinal failure

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1385-1386

  Farmer, Douglas G ^a   Venick, Robert S ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC INTESTINAL FAILURE; ENTEROPATHY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; CHRONIC DISEASE; INTESTINE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; TRANSPLANTATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

EID: 48649093193     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31817cf8aa     Document Type: Note

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