Survival benefit of liver transplantation: One size fits all or fits none?

Hepatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 352-354

  Asrani, Sumeet K ^a   Kim, W Ray ^a,b   Heimbach, Julie K ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR SELECTION; EDITORIAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; ORGAN ALLOCATION; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; ETHICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; NOTE;

HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 68949173741     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23127     Document Type: Editorial

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