Can we stop waiting for godot? Establishing selection criteria for simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2869-2870

  Feng, S ^a   Trotter, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADULT; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84868087190     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04295.x     Document Type: Editorial

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