A disease-based comparison of liver transplantation outcomes

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 901-908

  Mailey, Brian ^a   Buchberg, Brian ^a   Prendergast, Christie ^a   Artinyan, Avo ^a   Khalili, Joshua ^a   Sanchez Luege, Nicelio ^a   Colquhoun, Steven D ^c   Kim, Joseph ^a,b  

^a City of Hope ^*  (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVERALL SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450230745     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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