The outcome of heart transplantation in hepatitis C-positive recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 890-893

  Lin, M H ^a   Chou, N K ^a   Chi, N H ^a   Chen, Y S ^a   Yu, H Y ^a   Huang, S C ^a   Ko, W J ^a   Chou, H W ^a   Wang, S S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860773362     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.03.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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