In a 12-year study, sustainability of quality of life benefits after liver transplantation varies with pretransplantation diagnosis

Gastroenterology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Ruppert, Kristine ^a   Kuo, Shihchen ^a   Dimartini, Andrea ^b   Balan, Vijayan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Liver Disease; Liver Transplantation; Quality of Life

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049473467     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.06.043     Document Type: Article

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