Liver volume in the cirrhotic patient: Does size matter?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 886-891

  Hagan, Michael T ^a   Sayuk, Gregory S ^a   Lisker Melman, Mauricio ^a   Korenblat, Kevin M ^a   Kerr, Thomas A ^a   Chapman, William C ^a   Crippin, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Liver transplant; Liver volume; MELD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTASIS; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84897456854     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-014-3038-1     Document Type: Article

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