Intestinal transplantation and the European implication: Impact of experience and study design

Gut

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-

  Abu Elmagd, Kareem M ^a   Mazariegos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESMOID TUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; STUDY DESIGN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, HOME;

EID: 83555176452     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2011.237586     Document Type: Letter

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