Time to Reconsider Listing Criteria for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease?

Affiliations

¹ Service des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif, Hôpital Huriez, Lille, France.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.

Editorial

Alexandre Louvet et al. Liver Transpl. 2019 Sep.

. 2019 Sep;25(9):1303-1304.

doi: 10.1002/lt.25597.

¹ Service des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif, Hôpital Huriez, Lille, France.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.

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Superior Wait-List Outcomes in Patients with Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Compared With Other Indications for Liver Transplantation.
Giard JM, Dodge JL, Terrault NA. Giard JM, et al. Liver Transpl. 2019 Sep;25(9):1310-1320. doi: 10.1002/lt.25485. Epub 2019 Jul 24. Liver Transpl. 2019. PMID: 31063642 Free PMC article.

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