Small size and disease severity in living donation: A difficult match

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 457-459

  Olthoff, Kim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR SELECTION; EDITORIAL; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SIZE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL FOR SIZE SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; ORGAN SIZE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649910509     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21737     Document Type: Editorial

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