Influence of liver-disease etiology on long-term quality of life and employment after liver transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 729-735

  Åberg, Fredrik ^a   Höckerstedt, Krister ^a   Roine, Risto P ^b   Sintonen, Harri ^c   Isoniemi, Helena ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF HELSINKI AND UUSIMAA   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

15D; HRQoL; Indication; Outcome; Working capacity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867626416     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2012.01597.x     Document Type: Article

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