The difficulty in defining extended donor criteria for liver grafts: The Eurotransplant experience

Transplant International

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 990-998

  Silberhumer, Gerd R ^a   Rahmel, Axel ^b   Karam, Vincent ^c   Gonen, Mithat ^d   Gyoeri, Georg ^a   Kern, Barbara ^a   Adam, Rene ^c   Muehlbacher, Ferdinand ^a   Rogiers, Xavier ^e   Burroughs, Andrew K ^f,g   Berlakovich, Gabriela A ^a,g  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c European Liver Transplant Registry (ELTR)   (France)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association (ELITA)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

donor evaluation; extended liver donor criteria; liver transplantation; organ quality

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMOGRAM; ORGAN DONOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR;

DONOR EVALUATION; EXTENDED LIVER DONOR CRITERIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN QUALITY;

ADULT; COLD ISCHEMIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOMOGRAMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84884815873     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12156     Document Type: Article

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