Allocation procedure has no impact on patient and graft outcome after liver transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 886-892

  Mossdorf, Anne ^a   Kalverkamp, Sebastian ^a   Langenbrinck, Luise ^a   Ulmer, Tom Florian ^a   Temizel, Ilknur ^a   Neumann, Ulf ^a   Heidenhain, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

liver transplantation; organ allocation; rescue allocation

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN ALLOCATION; RESCUE ALLOCATION;

ADULT; AGED; COLD ISCHEMIA; DONOR SELECTION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84882453068     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12144     Document Type: Article

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