Balancing donor and recipient risk factors in liver transplantation: The value of D-MELD with particular reference to HCV recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2724-2736

  Avolio, A W ^a   Cillo, U ^b   Salizzoni, M ^c   Pinelli, D ^e   Colledan, M ^e   Gerunda, G E ^f   Mazzaferro, V ^g   Tisone, G ^h   Romagnoli, R ^c   Caccamo, L ⁱ   Rossi, M ^j   Vitale, A ^b   Cucchetti, A ^k   Lupo, L ^l   Gruttadauria, S ^m   Nicolotti, N ^a   Burra, P ^b,n   Gasbarrini, A ^a,o   Agnes, S ^a   Lirosi, M C ^a   Miele, L ^a   Pompili, M ^a   Siciliano, M ^a   Perilli, V ^a   Gaspari, R ^a   Castagneto, M ^a   Tandoi, F ^c   Mangoni, I ^d   Belli, L ^d   Pinna, A D ^k   Cescon, M ^k   Gridelli, B ^m   Li Petri, S ^m   Volpes, R ^m   Fagiuoli, S ^e   Montalti, R ^f   Regalia, E ^g   Antonelli, B ⁱ   Berloco, P ^j   Lai, Q ^j   Risaliti, A ^p   Nicolini, D ^p   Valente, U ^q   Gelli, M ^q   Morelli, N ^q   Zamboni, F ^r   Tondolo, V ^r   Ettorre, G M ^s   Vennarecci, G ^s   Bresadola, F ^t   Baccarani, U ^t   Toniutto, P L ^t   Manzia, T ^h   Anselmo, A ^h   Angelico, M ^h   Calise, F ^u   Scuderi, V ^u   Romano, M ^u   Rendina, M ^l   Barone, M ^l   Cuomo, O ^u   Perrella, A ^u   Santaniello, W ^u   Donataccio, M ^v   Dalle Ore, G ^v   De Ville De Goyet, J ^w   Monti, L ^w   De Waure, C ^a   more..

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^e OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^h TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^j POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^m MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

ⁿ Delegate of the European Liver and Intestine Transplantation Association (ELITA)   (Italy)

^o Delegate of the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF)   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^r DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^s SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^u Cardarelli University Hospital   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^w BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

D MELD; donor recipient match; liver transplantation; outcome; prognosis; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE MODEL; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; ORGAN DONOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82455212065     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03732.x     Document Type: Article

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