Post-transplant outcomes of patients with and without hepatitis C virus infection according to donor age and gender matching

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 705-715

  Gra̧t, Michał ^a   Kornasiewicz, Oskar ^a   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^a   Ligocka, Joanna ^a   Gra̧t, Karolina ^a   Wronka, Karolina ^a   Zieniewicz, Krzysztof ^a   Krawczyk, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Donor age; Donor gender; Gender matching; Hepatitis C virus; Liver transplantation; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DONOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891602189     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AOT.889537     Document Type: Article

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