Liver transplantation in patients with alcoholic liver disease
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Living donor liver transplantation for patients with alcoholic liver disease
BACKGROUNDS/AIMS Since most transplantation studies for alcoholic liver disease (ALD) were performed on deceased donor liver transplantation, little was known following living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). METHODS The clinical outcome of 18 ALD patients who underwent LDLT from Febraury 1997 to December 2004 in a large-volume liver transplantation center was assessed retrospectively. R...
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عنوان ژورنال: Liver Transplantation
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1527-6465
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22330