Survival after liver transplantation: Is racial disparity inevitable?
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Survival after liver transplantation: Is racial disparity inevitable?
UNLABELLED Previous analyses have reported that minority patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) have poorer survival than Caucasian recipients. The reason for this disparity is unclear. We examined whether racial differences in survival exist at select academic OLT centers. OLT recipients from 4 academic centers were prospectively enrolled in 2 multicenter databases. Data in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hepatology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21830