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Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease
Addiction Biology, 2001AbstractAlthough increasing numbers of alcoholic patients are being referred to liver transplant centres, liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease still remains controversial, essentially because we are in an era of organ shortage. In fact, the main issue is the likelihood of relapse and its influence on outcome, because it is the possibility ...
Georges-Philippe, Pageaux +2 more
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Liver transplantation in autoimmune liver diseases
Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2011Liver transplantation is indicated for terminal phases of autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. Indications for transplantation in autoimmune liver diseases are similar to those used in other acute or chronic liver diseases.
Jawad A, Ilyas +2 more
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Liver Fibrosis in Alcoholic Liver Disease
Seminars in Liver Disease, 2015Excessive alcohol consumption causes a wide spectrum of liver disease, ranging from simple steatosis to severe forms of liver injury such as steatohepatitis, liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Moreover, alcohol consumption also accelerates liver fibrosis in patients with other types of liver diseases such as viral hepatitis and nonalcoholic ...
Ramon, Bataller, Bin, Gao
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Abstract The term ‘Polycystic liver disease’ (PLO) is often used to describe a condition with numerous cysts scattered throughout the liver parenchyma (Poinso et al. 1954; Melnick 1955; Peltokallio 1970; Sanfelippo et al. 1974; Vauthey et al. 1991).
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Abstract The term ‘Polycystic liver disease’ (PLO) is often used to describe a condition with numerous cysts scattered throughout the liver parenchyma (Poinso et al. 1954; Melnick 1955; Peltokallio 1970; Sanfelippo et al. 1974; Vauthey et al. 1991).
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Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease
Transplantation, 2016Alcohol-related liver disease is the second most frequent indication for liver transplantation (LT), yet as many as 90% to 95% of patients with alcohol-related end-stage liver disease are never formally evaluated for LT. Furthermore, despite its significance as a cause of chronic liver disease and indication for LT, it has received little attention in ...
Addolorato, Giovanni +9 more
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Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 1993Alcoholism is a disease of remission and relapse. A lapse in abstinence tends to be viewed as a failure to commit to abstinence, and an acknowledged relapse may lead to the patient's removal from the liver transplant list; however, such a relapse may actually offer insight into alcoholism.
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Alcoholic Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation
Clinics in Liver Disease, 2016Excessive alcohol use is a common health care problem worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Alcoholic liver disease represents the second most frequent indication for liver transplantation in North America and Europe. The pretransplant evaluation of patients with alcoholic liver disease should aim at identifying those at
Juan F, Gallegos-Orozco +1 more
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Liver Transplantation for Metabolic Disease of the Liver
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 1988Hepatic transplantation for metabolic or genetic diseases of the liver produces a definite cure of the liver disease and also effectively cures the underlying metabolic abnormalities of the genetic disease in question. Liver transplantation is highly likely to become the current treatment of choice for a wide variety of metabolic disorders based ...
C O, Esquivel +3 more
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Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease
Clinical Transplantation, 1996AbstractOrthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) for individuals with alcoholic liver disease (ALD) remains controversial. This review was designed to evaluate the survival, recidivism, and rehabilitation of the alcoholic liver transplant recipient in a single transplant center. Methods: Between 10/86 and 11/92 203 liver transplants were performed in 179
G B, Zibari +6 more
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PROSTAGLANDINS IN LIVER DISEASE AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 1996This brief review summarizes the physiology and pharmacology of eicosanoids and describes how they have been tested for possible application in liver disease and transplantation. The objective is to trace the stepwise application from the laboratory to the bedside.
M J, Ruwart, K S, Henley
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