Declining liver utilization for transplantation in the United States and the impact of donation after cardiac death

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-68

  Orman, Eric S ^a   Barritt, A Sidney ^a   Wheeler, Stephanie B ^b   Hayashi, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84871999184     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23547     Document Type: Article

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