Extended criteria donors: The case for liver procurement in donors with a central nervous system malignancy

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 670-671

  Detry, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR SELECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 68349144291     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21749     Document Type: Letter

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