Orthotopic liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: Rates of survival, complications and relapse

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1356-1359

  Stefanini, Giuseppe Francesco ^a,d   Biselli, Maurizio ^b   Grazi, Gian Luca ^b   Iovine, Elio ^b   Moscatello, Maria Rosaria ^b   Marsigli, Lorenzo ^b   Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe ^b   Caputo, Fabio ^b   Mazziotti, Alighieri ^b   Bernardi, Mauro ^b   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^c   Cavallari, Antonino ^b  

^a Ospedale di Faenza   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol related cirrhosis; Cytomegalovirus; Orthotopic liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9844237020     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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