Liver transplantation in the United States, 1999-2008: Special feature

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 4 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1003-1019

  Thuluvath, P J ^a,b   Guidinger, M K ^c,d   Fung, J J ^e   Johnson, L B ^b   Rayhill, S C ^f   Pelletier, S J ^c,g  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients   (United States)

^d ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Deceased donor liver transplant; Deceased donors; Donation after cardiac death; Hepatitis C; Liver; Liver transplant; Living donor liver transplant; Living donors; Organ donation; Organ procurement; Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CADAVER DONOR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COLD ISCHEMIA; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DEATH; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77949850018     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03037.x     Document Type: Review

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