Liver Transplantation Utilizing Old Donor Organs: A German Single-Center Experience

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-177

  Rauchfuss, F ^a   Voigt, R ^a   Dittmar, Y ^a   Heise, M ^a   Settmacher, U ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SAFETY; SODIUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 76749123324     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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