Liver transplantation in Ireland

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1014-1018

  Iqbal, Masood ^a   Elrayah, Elgaily A ^a   Traynor, Oscar ^a,b   McCormick, P Aiden ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84981501541     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.24456     Document Type: Article

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