Overweight and obesity in pediatric liver transplant recipients: Prevalence and predictors before and after transplant, United Network for Organ Sharing Data, 1987-2010

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-49

  Perito, Emily Rothbaum ^a   Glidden, Dave ^a   Roberts, John Paul ^a   Rosenthal, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

liver transplant; long term complications; obesity; overweight; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RECIPIENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856015819     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2011.01598.x     Document Type: Article

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