Liver allografts from hepatitis c positive donors can offer good outcomes in hepatitis C positive recipients: A us national transplant registry analysis

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1038-1044

  Northup, Patrick G ^a   Argo, Curtis K ^a   Nguyen, Dennis T ^b   McBride, Maureen A ^c   Kumer, Sean C ^b   Schmitt, Timothy M ^b   Pruett, Timothy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

Author keywords

extended criteria donors; health outcomes; high risk donors; mortality prediction; transplant survival; viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956320554     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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