Advanced recipient age (>60 years) alone should not be a contraindication to liver retransplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 601-605

  Schmitt, Timothy M ^a,b   Kumer, Sean C ^b   Pruett, Timothy L ^b   Argo, Curtis K ^b   Northup, Patrick G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Outcomes; Retransplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETREATMENT;

EID: 65549084869     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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