Outcomes of liver transplantation in patients with cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis versus patients with cirrhosis due to alcoholic liver disease

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 533-

  Malik, Shahid M ^a   Ahmad, Jawad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; BODY MASS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FATTY LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOPSY; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950647843     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22009     Document Type: Letter

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