Liver transplantation trends and survival in the Asian population

Transplantation

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 392-394

  Kemmer, Nyingi M ^a,b   Neff, Guy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Ethnicity; Liver transplantation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449093127     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181aed68c     Document Type: Article

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