Liver transplantation in patients with alcoholic liver disease

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 751-759

  Lucey, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLICS; ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; RISK; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959849314     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22330     Document Type: Review

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