Deceased donor liver transplantation in infants and small children: Are partial grafts riskier than whole organs?

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 721-729

  Cauley, Ryan P ^a   Vakili, Khashayar ^a   Potanos, Kristina ^a   Fullington, Nora ^a   Graham, Dionne A ^a   Finkelstein, Jonathan A ^a   Kim, Heung Bae ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CADAVER DONOR; CHILD; DECEASED DONOR; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CADAVER; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879517534     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23667     Document Type: Article

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