Identification of new donor variables associated with graft survival in a single-center liver transplant cohort

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1393-1399

  Nafidi, Otmane ^a   Marleau, Denis ^a   Roy, André ^a   Bilodeau, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD ISCHEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DONOR; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DIFFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN DONOR; OXYGEN TENSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649876793     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22176     Document Type: Article

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