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. 2020 Feb 5;3(2):e1920294.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.20294.

Trends in Liver Disease Etiology Among Adults Awaiting Liver Transplantation in the United States, 2014-2019

Robert J Wong  1 , Ashwani K Singal  2   3
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Trends in Liver Disease Etiology Among Adults Awaiting Liver Transplantation in the United States, 2014-2019

Robert J Wong et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cohort study provides updated assessments of liver disease etiology trends among adults awaiting liver transplantation in the United States from 2014 to 2019.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure.. Liver Disease Etiology Trends Among Adult Liver Transplantation Waiting List Registrants in the United States
Data for 2019 were available from January 1 to March 31, 2019. The total number of wait-listed registrants for 2019 was extrapolated by multiplying the numbers from January 1 to March 31 by 4. AIH indicates autoimmune hepatitis; ALD, alcohol-associated liver disease; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HCV, hepatitis C virus; NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; PBC, primary biliary cholangitis; and PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis.
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