Lack of standardization in exception points for patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and bacterial cholangitis

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1603-1609

  Goldberg, D ^a,b   Bittermann, T ^a   Makar, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial cholangitis; exception points; primary sclerosing cholangitis; regional review boards

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL CHOLANGITIS; CHOLANGITIS; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCEPTION POINT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAMETERS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CHOLANGITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861818694     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03969.x     Document Type: Article

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