Liver transplantation for acute liver failure in Europe: Outcomes over 20 years from the ELTR database

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 288-296

  Germani, Giacomo ^a,b   Theocharidou, Eleni ^a   Adam, Renè ^c   Karam, Vincent ^c   Wendon, Julia ^d   O'Grady, John ^d   Burra, Patrizia ^b   Senzolo, Marco ^b   Mirza, Darius ^e   Castaing, Denis ^c   Klempnauer, Jurgen ^f   Pollard, Stephen ^g   Paul, Andreas ^h   Belghiti, Jacques ⁱ   Tsochatzis, Emmanuel ^a   Burroughs, Andrew K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^g SEACROFT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

ⁱ BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Europe; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; DATA BASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863984323     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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