Liver transplantation using young pediatric donor grafts in adults with hepatitis C infection

Transplantation

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1174-1179

  Ghabril, Marwan ^a   Dickson, Rolland C ^a   Krishna, Murli ^a   Bonatti, Hugo ^a   Aranda Michel, Jaime ^a   Keaveny, Andrew P ^a   Satyanarayana, Raj ^a   Hewitt, Winston ^a   Hughes, Christopher B ^a   Nguyen, Justin H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Liver transplantation; Pediatric donor; Small for size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RECURRENCE RISK; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DONOR; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549109813     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31819ea72f     Document Type: Article

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