Do smaller adults wait longer for liver transplantation? A comparison of the UK and the USA data

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-187

  Young, Alastair L ^a   Peters, Christopher J ^a   Pocock, Philip V ^b   Millson, Charlie E ^a   Prasad, K Rajendra ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UK Transplant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation; Liver transplant; Size; Small patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77952906349     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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