Predictors of long-term outcome after liver transplant

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 499-504

  Rook, Michelle ^a   Rand, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; liver transplant; outcomes; survival

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052671190     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e32834a945d     Document Type: Review

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