Optimizing the Use of Geriatric Livers for Transplantation in the Eurotransplant Region

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 260-274

  de Boer, Jacob D ^a,b   Blok, Joris J ^a   Putter, Hein ^a   Koopman, Jacob J E ^a   van Hoek, Bart ^a   Samuel, Undine ^b   van Rosmalen, Marieke ^b   Metselaar, Herold J ^c   Alwayn, Ian P J ^a   Guba, Markus ^d   Braat, Andries E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTOR; STEATOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EVENT; AGE; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; DONOR SELECTION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; EUROPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOGRAFTS; DONOR SELECTION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 85060870005     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.25353     Document Type: Article

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