Deceased-Donor Liver Size and the Sex-Based Disparity in Liver Transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2017, Pages e329-

  Bowring, Mary G ^a   Ruck, Jessica M ^a   Haugen, Christine E ^a   Massie, Allan B ^a,b   Segev, Dorry L ^a,b,c   Gentry, Sommer E ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE; CADAVER DONOR; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; GRAFT FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROCEDURES; SEX FACTOR; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85025661542     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001898     Document Type: Note

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