Arab Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 21-24 , March 2009

Quality of life of Egyptian donors after living-related liver transplantation

  • Magdy El-Serafy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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  • Abdel-Meguid Kassem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Adel Alansary

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Ashraf Omar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Ayman Yosry

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Gamal Esmat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Refaat Kamel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Samy Refaat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatology, Ahmad Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Wahid Doss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Naglaa Zayed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: 154 Nile Street Al-Agouza, Giza 12311, Egypt. Tel.: +20 2 37494926, +20 2 23647524 (O), +20 101460366 (Mobile).
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  • Tamer El-Mallahy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Serag Zakaria

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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PII: S1687-1979(09)00005-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ajg.2009.03.004

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 21-24 , March 2009

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