MELD and other predictors of survival after liver transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-227

  Brandão, Ajacio ^a,b,c,d   Fuchs, Sandra L ^b   Gleisner, Ana L ^a,b   Marroni, C ^a,c   Zanotelli, Maria L ^a,b   Cantisani, Guido ^a,b   Fleck Jr , Alfeu de Medeiros ^d   Schlindwein, Eduardo Soares ^d   Kiss, Guillermo ^d   Leipnitz, Ian ^d   Mucenic, Marcos ^d   da Silveira, Marcus Vinícius Osório ^d   Meine, Mário Henrique de Mattos ^d   Filho, Tomaz de Jesus Maria Grezzana ^d  

^a Liver Transplantation Group   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Liver transplant; Model for endstage liver disease; Outcome; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN COLOR; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64349109479     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2008.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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