Recipient-donor age matching in liver transplantation: A single-center experience

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2700-2706

  Pagano, D ^a   Grosso, G ^b   Vizzini, G ^a   Spada, M ^a   Cintorino, D ^a   Malaguarnera, M ^b   Donati, M ^b   Mistretta, A ^a,b   Gridelli, B ^a   Gruttadauria, S ^a,b  

^a MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE MATCHING; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84884397038     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.07.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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