Liver transplantation in children weighing 5 kg or less: Analysis of the UNOS database

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 650-658

  Arnon, Ronen ^a,b   Annunziato, Rachel ^c   Miloh, Tamir ^a,b   Sogawa, Hiroshi ^b   Nostrand, Kelsey Van ^c   Florman, Sander ^b   Suchy, Frederick ^a,b   Kerkar, Nanda ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children; graft survival; liver transplantation; outcome; patient survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052099569     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2011.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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