The outcomes of adult liver transplants in the United States from 1987 to 2013

Liver International

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2036-2041

  Stepanova, Maria ^a,b   Wai, Homan ^a   Saab, Sammy ^c   Mishra, Alita ^a,b   Venkatesan, Chapy ^a,b   Younossi, Zobair M ^a,b  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Liver cancer; Liver transplantation; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937966550     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12779     Document Type: Article

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