Liver transplantation: Fifty years of experience

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 5363-5374

  Song, Alice Tung Wan ^a   Avelino Silva, Vivian Iida ^a   Pecora, Rafael Antonio Arruda ^a   Pugliese, Vincenzo ^a   D'Albuquerque, Luiz Augusto Carneiro ^a   Abdala, Edson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

History; Indications; Liver transplantation; Organ allocation; Survival

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN; DACLIZUMAB; EVEROLIMUS; MEPREDNISONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; GRAFT REJECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; DONOR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTORY; LIVER DISEASES; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84900412651     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5363     Document Type: Review

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