The octogenarian donor: Can the liver be "younger than stated age"?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1962-1963

  Lai, J C ^a   Covinsky, K ^a   Feng, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; FATTY LIVER; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPLANT SURGEON; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; DONOR; JUVENILE; LIVER DONOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84906221823     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12844     Document Type: Editorial

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