Health-related quality of life and family function following pediatric liver transplantation.

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Published in Liver Transpl on April 01, 2008

Authors

Estella M Alonso1, Katie Neighbors, Franca B Barton, Sue V McDiarmid, Stephen P Dunn, George V Mazariegos, Jeanne M Landgraf, John C Bucuvalas, Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplant Research Group

Author Affiliations

1: Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614, USA. e-alonso@northwestern.edu

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