Impact of estimated liver volume and liver weight on gender disparity in liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-95

  Mindikoglu, Ayse L ^a   Emre, Sukru H ^b   Magder, Laurence S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84871973521     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23553     Document Type: Article

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