The impact of the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) on liver transplantation in one center in Brazil O impacto do MELD no transplante de fígado em um centro no Brasil

CONTEXT: Presently the MELD score is used as the waiting list criterion for liver transplantation in Brazil. In this method more critical patients are considered priority to transplantation. OBJECTIVE: To compare the results of liver transplantation when the chronologic waiting list was the criterio...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Coutinho Teixeira de Freitas, William Massami Itikawa, Adriana Sayuri Kurogi, Lucinei G Stadnik, Mônica Beatriz Parolin, Júlio Cezar Uili Coelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2010-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032010000300004