A regional experience with emergency liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-239

  Washburn, W Kenneth ^a   Bradley, James ^b   Cosimi, A Benedict ^c   Freeman, Richard B ^d   Hull, David ^e   Jenkins, Roger L ^a   Lewis, W David ^a   Lorber, Mark I ^f   Schweizer, Robert T ^e   Vacanti, Joseph P ^g   Rohrer, Richard J ^d,h  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b New England Organ Bank   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Division of Transplant Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCIES; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEW ENGLAND;

EID: 9044248947     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199601270-00013     Document Type: Article

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