The clinical consequences of utilizing donation after cardiac death liver grafts into hepatitis C recipients

Hepatology International

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 830-833

  Mawardi, Mohammad ^a   Alkhail, Faisal Aba ^a   Katada, Kazuhiro ^a   Levstik, Mark ^a   Quan, Douglas ^a   Wall, William ^a   Marotta, Paul ^a   Hernandezalejandro, Roberto ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Donation after cardiac death; Extended criteria donors; Hepatitis C virus; Liver transplantation; Refractory ascites

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BODY MASS; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DEATH; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRAFT; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80055000220     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-010-9242-y     Document Type: Article

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