Analysis of liver transplant outcomes for united network for organ sharing recipients 60 years old or older identifies multiple model for end-stage liver disease-independent prognostic factors

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 950-959

  Aloia, Thomas A ^a,b   Knight, Richard ^a,b   Gaber, A Osama ^a,b   Ghobrial, R Mark ^a,b   Goss, John A ^c  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 77955670198     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22098     Document Type: Article

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