Racial disparities in liver transplantation for hepatitis B: To be or not to be

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1007-1009

  Howell, Charles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECIPIENT; RECURRENT INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 70350556828     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21848     Document Type: Editorial

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