Restricting liver transplant recipients to younger donors does not increase the wait-list time or the dropout rate: the hepatitis C experience.

Flemming, Jennifer A; Vagefi, Parsia A; Freise, Chris E; Yao, Francis Y; Terrault, Norah A

Flemming, Jennifer A; Vagefi, Parsia A; Freise, Chris E; Yao, Francis Y; Terrault, Norah A.

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Flemming JA; Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.

Liver Transpl ; 20(10): 1202-10, 2014 Oct.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24961679

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Hepatitis C, Chronic/surgery; Liver Transplantation/methods; Patient Dropouts/statistics & numerical data; Tissue Donors; Transplant Recipients/statistics & numerical data; Waiting Lists; Adult; Age Factors; California/epidemiology; Disease Progression; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hepatitis C, Chronic/mortality; Humans; Liver Transplantation/mortality; Male; Middle Aged; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Survival Rate/trends; Time Factors; Young Adult

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patient Dropouts / Tissue Donors / Waiting Lists / Liver Transplantation / Hepatitis C, Chronic / Transplant Recipients Type of study: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Liver Transpl Journal subject: GASTROENTEROLOGIA / TRANSPLANTE Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: Canada

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