Quality of life in pediatric liver transplantation in a single-center in South America

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-336

  Sanchez, Camila ^a   Eymann, Alfredo ^a   De Cunto, Carmen ^a   D'Agostino, Daniel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Children; Liver transplantation; Outcomes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LIFESTYLE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AMERICA; SURVIVOR; VALIDATION STUDY; ALGORITHM; ARGENTINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ARGENTINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77950634307     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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