Liver transplantation in recipients over 65 yr old: A single center experience

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-90

  Audet, M ^a   Piardi, T ^a   Panaro, F ^a   Cag, M ^a   Ghislotti, E ^a   Habibeh, H ^a   Giulini, S M ^b   Jaeck, D ^a   Wolf, P H ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^b Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Liver transplantation; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949099467     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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