Modified pediatric end-stage liver disease scoring system and pediatric liver transplantation in Brazil

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 426-430

  Neto, Joao Seda ^a   Carone, Eduardo ^a   Pugliese, Renata P S ^a   Fonseca, Eduardo A ^a   Porta, Gilda ^a   Miura, Irene ^a   Danesi, Vera B ^a   Guimaraes, Teresa C ^a   Godoy, Andre L ^a   Porta, Adriana ^a   Vincenzi, Rodrigo ^a   Carnevale Filho, Francisco ^a   Kondo, Mario ^a   Chapchap, Paulo ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIVER DISEASES; PEDIATRICS; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77950675670     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22000     Document Type: Article

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