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Survival improving in organ recipients

Among organ transplant recipients in the United States, survival rates improved between 1988 and 1994, especially for those receiving liver, lung, and heart-lung transplants.

 

References:

Lin, H.-M. . . . O.P. Daily, et al. 1998. Center-specific graft and patient survival rates. Journal of the American Medical Association 280(Oct. 7):1153.

 

Further Readings:

Edwards, E. 1991. Center specific graft and patient survival rates. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Edwards, E., et al. 1994. Center specific graft and patient survival rates. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Sources:

O. Patrick Daily
United Network for Organ Sharing
1100 Boulders Parkway
Richmond, VA 23225

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 18, October 31, 1998, p. 287.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

 

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