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No Racial Gap Seen in Liver Transplantation Outcomes
Link ID 6477
Title No Racial Gap Seen in Liver Transplantation Outcomes
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/575611?src=rss
Description Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians who undergo primary liver transplantation now have comparable 5- and 10-year patient and graft survival rates, new research suggests. In the 1980s and early 1990s, by contrast, several studies reported lower patient and graft survival rates for African Americans and Asians. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Transplantation
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Date Jun 8, 2008
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