Early liver transplantation for severe alcoholic hepatitis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 477-479

  Tamura, Sumihito ^a   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a   Kukudo, Norihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; CADAVER DONOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIDIVISM;

EID: 84856587511     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1114241     Document Type: Letter

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