Predictive value of frozen-section analysis in the histological assessment of steatosis before liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1821-1825

  Fiorentino, Michelangelo ^a   Vasuri, Francesco ^a   Ravaioli, Matteo ^a   Ridolfi, Lorenza ^a   Grigioni, Walter Franco ^a   Pinna, Antonio Daniele ^a   D'Errico Grigioni, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHOLESTASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CADAVER; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71249116038     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21948     Document Type: Article

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