Association of preoperative parameters with postoperative mortality and long-term survival after liver transplantation

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-106

  Vrochides, Dionisios ^a   Hassanain, Mazzen ^a,b   Barkun, Jeffrey ^a   Tchervenkov, Jean ^a   Paraskevas, Steven ^a   Chaudhury, Prosanto ^a   Cantarovich, Marcelo ^a   Deschenes, Marc ^a   Wong, Phil ^a   Ghali, Peter ^a   Chan, Gabriel ^a   Metrakos, Peter ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 79953233721     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.035909     Document Type: Article

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