Quality of life of Egyptian donors after living-related liver transplantation

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-24

  El Serafy, Magdy ^a   Kassem, Abdel Meguid ^a   Alansary, Adel ^b   Omar, Ashraf ^a   Yosry, Ayman ^a   Esmat, Gamal ^a   Kamel, Refaat ^b   Refaat, Samy ^c   Doss, Wahid ^a   Zayed, Naglaa ^a   El Mallahy, Tamer ^a   Zakaria, Serag ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Ahmed Maher's Teaching Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Living related liver transplantation; Quality of life; SF 36v2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36;

EID: 67650168237     PISSN: 16871979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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