Racial and socioeconomic disparities in pediatric and young adult liver transplant outcomes

Rekha V. Thammana, Stuart J. Knechtle, Rene Romero, Thomas G. Heffron, Caroline T. Daniels, Rachel E. Patzer – 17 October 2013 – Racial and socioeconomic disparities exist in liver transplantation (LT) outcomes among adults, but little research exists for pediatric LT populations. We examined racial differences in graft survival and mortality within a retrospective cohort of pediatric and young adult LT recipients at a large children's transplant center in the Southeast between 1998 and 2011.

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