Learning curve for living-donor liver transplantation in a fledgling cancer center

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1164-1171

  Kim, Seong Hoon ^a   Cho, Seong Yeon ^a   Park, Sang Jae ^a   Lee, Kwang Woong ^a   Han, Sung Sik ^a   Lee, Soon Ae ^a   Park, Joong Won ^a   Kim, Chang Min ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Learning curve; Living donor liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449105709     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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