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A peer-based intervention to educate liver transplant candidates about living donor liver transplantation†

  1. Samantha DeLair1,‡,*,
  2. Thomas Hugh Feeley2,
  3. Hyunjung Kim2,
  4. Juan del Rio Martin3,
  5. Leona Kim-Schluger4,
  6. Dianne LaPointe Rudow5,
  7. Mark Orloff6,
  8. Patricia A. Sheiner4,
  9. Lewis Teperman7

Article first published online: 23 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1002/lt.21937

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Liver Transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volume 16, Issue 1, pages 42–48, January 2010

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DeLair, S., Feeley, T. H., Kim, H., del Rio Martin, J., Kim-Schluger, L., LaPointe Rudow, D., Orloff, M., Sheiner, P. A. and Teperman, L. (2010), A peer-based intervention to educate liver transplant candidates about living donor liver transplantation. Liver Transpl, 16: 42–48. doi: 10.1002/lt.21937

Author Information

  1. 1

    New York Center for Liver Transplantation, Inc., East Greenbush, NY

  2. 2

    University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY

  3. 3

    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

  4. 4

    Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY

  5. 5

    New York–Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

  6. 6

    Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

  7. 7

    New York University Hospitals Center, New York, NY

  1. ‡

    Telephone: 518-533-7874; FAX: 518-533-7870

*New York Center for Liver Transplantation, Inc., 99 Troy Road, Suite 200, East Greenbush, NY 12061

  1. †

    Its contents are solely the responsibility of the New York Center for Liver Transplantation, Inc., and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 DEC 2009
  2. Article first published online: 23 DEC 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 17 AUG 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 17 MAR 2009

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  • Division of Transplantation of the Healthcare Systems Bureau (Health Resources and Services Administration). Grant Number: R39OT07539

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