The effect of donor race on the survival of black Americans undergoing liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis C

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1126-1132

  Pang, Phillip S ^a   Kamal, Ahmad ^a,b   Glenn, Jeffrey S ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350547564     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21835     Document Type: Article

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