Alcohol Abstinence and Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1253-1255

  Immordino, G ^a   Gelli, M ^a   Ferrante, R ^a   Ferrari, C ^a   Piaggio, F ^a   Ghinolfi, D ^a   Sturdevant, M ^a   Andorno, E ^a   Morelli, N ^a   Bottino, G ^a   Casaccia, M ^a   Valente, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIDIVISM; STIGMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MIDDLE AGED; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 65549124405     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.03.092     Document Type: Article

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