Donor Race Does Not Predict Graft Failure After Liver Transplantation

Gastroenterology

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2341-2347

  Asrani, Sumeet K ^a   Lim, Young Suk ^c   Therneau, Terry M ^b   Pedersen, Rachel A ^b   Heimbach, Julie ^b   Kim, W Ray ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

African American; Donor Factors; Donor Risk Index; Organ Allocation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77952743198     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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