Liver transplant recipient survival benefit with living donation in the model for endstage liver disease allocation era.

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Published in Hepatology on October 01, 2011

Authors

Carl L Berg1, Robert M Merion, Tempie H Shearon, Kim M Olthoff, Robert S Brown, Talia B Baker, Gregory T Everson, Johnny C Hong, Norah Terrault, Paul H Hayashi, Robert A Fisher, James E Everhart

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0708, USA. CLB7D@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu

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