Strong predictors for alcohol recidivism after liver transplantation: Non-acceptance of the alcohol problem and abstinence of <3 months

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1257-1266

  Hartl, Janine ^a   Scherer, Marcus N ^a   Loss, Martin ^a   Schnitzbauer, Andreas ^a   Farkas, Stefan ^a   Baier, Lucia ^a   Szecsey, Alexander ^a   Schoelmerich, Juergen ^a   Schlitt, Hans Juergen ^a   Kirchner, Gabriele I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol recidivism; Alcoholic liver disease; Liver transplantation; Predictors; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIDIVISM; SHORT FORM 36; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052887331     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.603160     Document Type: Article

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