Ferritin and liver allocation? Impact on mortality not only on the waiting list but also after orthotopic liver transplantation should be considered

Hepatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 392-393

  Weismüller, Tobias J ^a   Manns, Michael P ^a   Strassburg, Christian P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATIC IRON OVERLOAD; HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; LETTER; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FERRITINS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77954233994     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23732     Document Type: Letter

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