Use of living donor liver transplantation varies with the availability of deceased donor liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 160-165

  Vagefi, Parsia A ^a   Ascher, Nancy L ^a   Freise, Chris E ^a   Dodge, Jennifer L ^b   Roberts, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CHOLESTASIS; DECEASED DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856263346     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22455     Document Type: Article

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