Donation after cardiac death liver transplantation: Time for policy to catch up with practice

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-8

  Skaro, Anton I ^a   Wang, Edward ^a   Lyuksemburg, Vadim ^a   Abecassis, Michael ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEART DEATH; ISCHEMIA; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84255162225     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22478     Document Type: Review

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