@article{24012497ed534391be8ebc0ca7bd5bf2,
title = "Liver Match, a prospective observational cohort study on liver transplantation in Italy: study design and current practice of donor-recipient matching",
abstract = "The Liver Match is an observational cohort study that prospectively enrolled liver transplantations performed at 20 out of 21 Italian Transplant Centres between June 2007 and May 2009. Aim of the study is to investigate the impact of donor/recipient matching on outcomes. In this report we describe the study methodology and provide a cross-sectional description of donor and recipient characteristics and of graft allocation.",
keywords = "Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Female, Fibrosis, Graft Survival, Histocompatibility Testing, Humans, Italy, Liver Neoplasms, Liver Transplantation, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Selection, Prospective Studies, Tissue Donors, Tissue and Organ Procurement, Treatment Outcome, Waiting Lists, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Female, Fibrosis, Graft Survival, Histocompatibility Testing, Humans, Italy, Liver Neoplasms, Liver Transplantation, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Selection, Prospective Studies, Tissue Donors, Tissue and Organ Procurement, Treatment Outcome, Waiting Lists",
author = "M Angelico and U Cillo and S Fagiuoli and Antonio Gasbarrini and C Gavrila and T Marianelli and Antonio Costa and Anna Nardi and M Strazzabosco and P Burra and Salvatore Agnes and U Baccarani and F Calise and M Colledan and O Cuomo and {De Carlis}, L and M Donataccio and Gm Ettorre and Ge Gerunda and B Gridelli and L Lupo and V Mazzaferro and Pinna, {Anna Rita} and A Risaliti and M Salizzoni and G Tisone and U Valente and Gabriella Rossi and Marianna Rossi and F. Zamboni",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1016/j.dld.2010.11.002",
language = "English",
volume = "43",
pages = "155--164",
journal = "Digestive and Liver Disease",
issn = "1590-8658",
publisher = "-Roma: Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana. -Ospedaletto Pisa: Pacini",
}