Impact of U.S. Lung Allocation Score on Survival After Lung Transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 769-775

  Merlo, Christian A ^a   Weiss, Eric S ^a   Orens, Jonathan B ^a   Borja, Marvin C ^a   Diener West, Marie ^b   Conte, John V ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 67650725370     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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