MELD score exception overemphasizes the benefits to hepatocellular carcinoma patients in transplant. A proposal to improve the rules
Purpose: In Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD)-based allocation systems patients with cancer and some other diseases are assigned a special score. The goal of this study was to assess the fairness of organ distribution by the MELD system among different groups of diseases. Methods: Retrospecti...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Transplante de Órgãos
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Transplantation |
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| Online Access: | https://bjt.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/89 |