Model for End Stage Liver Disease and hepatocellular carcinoma: a moving target

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-17

  Washburn, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 70449703365     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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