Liver transplantation in the ethnic minority population: Challenges and prospects

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 883-889

  Kemmer, Nyingi ^a,b   Neff, Guy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERFERON; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; TACROLIMUS;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLOGRAFT; ASIAN; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEPATITIS C; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INSURANCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER TUMOR; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 77950351485     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0803-7     Document Type: Review

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