Long term follow-up and outcome of liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: A single center case-control study

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-57

  Biselli, Maurizio ^a   Gramenzi, Annagiulia ^a   Gaudio, Massimo Del ^a   Ravaioli, Matteo ^a   Vitale, Giovanni ^a   Gitto, Stefano ^a   Grazi, Gian Luca ^a   Pinna, Antonio Daniele ^a   Andreone, Pietro ^a   Bernardi, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver cirrhosis; Hepatitis C virus; Liver transplantation; Long term outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIDIVISM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RETRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75149196855     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181a390a8     Document Type: Article

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