The place of liver transplantation in the treatment of severe alcoholic hepatitis
β Scribed by Parul Dureja; Michael R. Lucey
- Book ID
- 116652080
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 488 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a relatively common cancer and occurs mainly in patients with liver cirrhosis (85%-95%). A significant number of cases are, however, diagnosed in normal and noncirrhotic/nonfibrotic livers. In contrast to HCC in a cirrhotic liver, noncirrhotic hepatocellular carcino
Patients with clinical acute alcoholic hepatitis (AAH) are not considered suitable candidates for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The histological correlates of AAH are often seen in the explanted liver at the time of transplantation. The importance of these findings remains inconclusive reg