Liver grafts from donors with central nervous system tumors: A single-center perspective

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1204-1208

  Kashyap, Randeep ^a   Ryan, Charlotte ^a   Sharma, Rajeev ^a   Maloo, Manoj K ^b   Safadjou, Saman ^a   Graham, Maureen ^a   Tretheway, David ^a   Jain, Ashokkumar ^c   Orloff, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER GRADING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBEPENDYMOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 70350538730     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21838     Document Type: Article

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