Effect of body mass index on the survival benefit of liver transplantation.

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Published in Liver Transpl on December 01, 2007

Authors

Shawn J Pelletier1, Douglas E Schaubel, Guanghui Wei, Michael J Englesbe, Jeffrey D Punch, Robert A Wolfe, Friedrich K Port, Robert M Merion

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0331, USA. spelleti@med.umich.edu

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