Analysis of recent pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation outcomes indicates that allograft type is no longer a predictor of survivals

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1125-1132

  Becker, Natasha S ^a   Barshes, Neal R ^a   Aloia, Thomas A ^a   Nguyen, Tuan ^b   Rojo, Javier ^b   Rodriguez, Joel A ^a   O'Mahony, Christine A ^a   Karpen, Saul J ^c   Goss, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c Texas Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CADAVER DONOR; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CANCER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETRANSPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49649124875     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21491     Document Type: Article

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