1. Pretransplantation health-related quality of life scores are affected by the etiology of liver cirrhosis, with hepatocellular and cholestatic etiologies having higher health-related quality of life scores than alcohol or viral hepatitis etiologies. 2. Posttransplantation health-related quality of
Health-related quality of life after liver transplantation
✍ Scribed by Hellgren, Anna ;Berglund, Barbro ;Gunnarsson, Ulriqa ;Hansson, Karin ;Norberg, Ulla ;Bäckman, Lars
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1074-3022
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