Survival Before and After Model for End-stage Liver Disease Score Introduction on the Brazilian Liver Transplant Waiting List

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 412-416

  Castro, R S ^a   Deisanti, D ^a   Seva Pereira, T ^a   Almeida, J R S ^a   Yamanaka, A ^a   Boin, I F S F ^a   Soares, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BRAZIL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN; BRAZIL; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77949466088     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.01.028     Document Type: Article

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