Orthotopic liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease
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Orthotopic liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease.
Alcohol abuse is the most common cause of end-stage liver disease in the United States, but many transplant centers are unwilling to accept alcoholic patients because of their supposed potential for recidivism, poor compliance with the required immunosuppression regimen and resulting failure of the allograft. There is also concern that alcohol-induced injury in other organs will preclude a good...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hepatology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0270-9139,1527-3350
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840110202