Using Higher Risk Organs for Liver Transplantation: In Whom and at What Price?

Gastroenterology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1452-1454

  Hameed, Bilal ^a   Lake, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 55249090633     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.09.036     Document Type: Editorial

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