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Selection criteria for liver transplant donors

✍ Scribed by Dr. Timothy J. Schroeder; Amadeo J. Pesce; Frederick C. Ryckman; Thomas P. Tressler; Matthew E. Brunson; Jean I. Tchervenkov; Israel Penn; J. Wesley Alexander; Susan H. Pedersen; William F. Balistreri

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 267 KB
Volume: 5
Category: Article
ISSN: 0887-8013
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.1860050409

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✦ Synopsis

donors excluded in group I had acceptable MEGX values indicating they may have been transplantable. Ten of 12 patients excluded in groups II B-D had normal LFT's and nine of 12 had acceptable MEGX values indicating they may have been transplantable also. In this era of organ shortage, a reevaluation of donor selection criteria utilizing new tests like MEGX may be necessary to meet the increased need.

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