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Heterotopic Auxiliary Rat Liver Transplantation With Flow-regulated Portal Vein Arterialization in Acute Hepatic Failure
Published on: September 13, 2014
Liver transplantation for acute and chronic viral hepatitis
1Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Abstract:
Hepatotrophic viruses are responsible for a substantial proportion of cases of both end-stage chronic liver disease and of acute liver failure which are treated by liver transplantation. We review here current practice in transplantation for viral-induced liver disease addressing, in particular, the selection of patients for transplantation and the increasingly recognized problem of recurrent disease in liver grafts.
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