Prospective study of the quality of life in patients assessed for liver transplantation: outcome in transplanted and not transplanted groups.

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Published in J R Soc Med on March 01, 1995

Authors

C E Price1, D Lowe, A T Cohen, F D Reid, G M Forbes, J McEwen, R Williams

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.

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