Follow-up of Chinese liver transplant recipients in Hong Kong

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 544-550

  Fan, Sheung Tat ^a   Wang, Haibo ^a   Lam, Banny K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR DISEASE; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649950654     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21720     Document Type: Article

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