Incidence of Liver Retransplantation and Its Effect on Patient Survival

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3201-3203

  Lang, H ^a,b   Sotiropoulos, G C ^a,b   Beckebaum, S ^b   Fouzas, I ^b,c   Molmenti, E P ^b   Omar, O S ^b   Sgourakis, G ^a,b   Radtke, A ^a,b   Nadalin, S ^b   Saner, F H ^b   Malago M ^b   Gerken, G ^b   Paul, A ^b   Broelsch, C E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c Organ Transplant Unit Hippocration University Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55749114742     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.09.039     Document Type: Article

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