Predicting survival after liver transplantation based on pre-transplant MELD score: A systematic review of the literature

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Klein, Kristin B ^a   Stafinski, Taenia D ^a   Menon, Devidas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; C STATISTIC; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMBASE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892499108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080661     Document Type: Review

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