The role of liver transplantation in 29 patients with fulminant and subacute hepatic failure due to a variety of different causes was examined by comparing the outcome and a variety of "hospitalization" variables. Transplanted patients (n = 13) were more likely to survive (p < 0.05), were younger (p
The importance of orthotopic liver transplantation in acute hepatic failure
β Scribed by Sjoerd de Rave; Hugo W. Tilanus; Joke van der Linden; Robert A. de Man; Bart van der Berg; Wim C. Hop; Jan N. Ijzermans; Pieter E. Zondervan; Herold J. Metselaar
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 76 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-0874
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