Milestones in liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease
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Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease
Alcohol consumption, in particular harmful alcohol use related to Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD) accounts for 3.8% of global mortality and 4.6% of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) worldwide [1]. A total of 9.5% of alcohol-related DALYs is due to Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) [2]. At present alcohol still represents the most common cause of liver cirrhosis in the Western countries [3]. The de...
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عنوان ژورنال: Liver Transplantation and Surgery
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1074-3022
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500030301