Elderly Versus Young Liver Transplant Recipients: Patient and Graft Survival

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1293-1294

  Adani, G L ^a   Baccarani, U ^a   Lorenzin, D ^a   Rossetto, A ^a   Nicolini, D ^b   Vecchi, A ^b   De Luca, S ^b   Risaliti, A ^b   De Anna, D ^a   Bresadola, F ^a   Bresadola, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 65549107265     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.03.080     Document Type: Article

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