Should patients with alcoholic hepatitis be considered for liver transplantation?
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Early liver transplantation for severe alcoholic hepatitis.
BACKGROUND A 6-month abstinence from alcohol is usually required before patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis are considered for liver transplantation. Patients whose hepatitis is not responding to medical therapy have a 6-month survival rate of approximately 30%. Since most alcoholic hepatitis deaths occur within 2 months, early liver transplantation is attractive but controversial. METHO...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Liver Disease
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2046-2484
DOI: 10.1002/cld.521