Fostering liver living donor liver transplantation

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 224-230

  Levy, Gary A ^a   Selzner, Nazia ^a   Grant, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

donor; liver; living; transplantation

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; RECIPIENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; TRILLIUM; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; RISK FACTOR;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84984797218     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000280     Document Type: Review

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