Health-related quality of life and survival in liver transplant candidates

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-245

  Tanikella, Rajasekhar ^a   Kawut, Steven M ^b   Brown Jr , Robert S ^c   Krowka, Michael J ^d   Reinen, Jenna ^c   Dinasarapu, Chandrasekhar R ^e   Trotter, James F ^f   Roberts, Kari E ^g   Mohd, Mustafa A ^a   Arnett, Donna K ^a   Fallon, Michael B ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL COMPONENT SUMMARY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL COMPONENT SUMMARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING;

EID: 75449109544     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21984     Document Type: Article

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