Modified Charlson Comorbidity Index in Predicting Early Mortality After Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3117-3118

  Wasilewicz, M ^a   Raszeja Wyszomirska, J ^a,b   Wunsch, E ^a   Wojcicki M ^a   Milkiewicz, P ^a,b  

^a M Curie Hospital   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350509221     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.07.097     Document Type: Article

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