Resuming liver transplantation amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre and UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK; NHS Blood and Transplant, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, UK.
² NHS Blood and Transplant, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, UK.
³ Edinburgh Transplant Centre, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ Liver Transplant Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, UK.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Cambridge Universities Hospital Trust, Cambridge, UK.
⁶ Paediatric Liver, Gastrointestinal, Nutrition Centre and Mowat Labs, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
⁷ Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
⁸ Liver Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE7 7DN, UK. Electronic address: steven.masson@nhs.net.
⁹ Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre and UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
¹⁰ Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK; Liver Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
¹¹ Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
¹² Highly Specialised Services, NHS England and NHS Improvement, UK.
¹³ NHS Blood and Transplant, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, UK; Liver Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE7 7DN, UK.

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Douglas Thorburn et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;6(1):12-13.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30360-5.

¹ Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre and UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK; NHS Blood and Transplant, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, UK.
² NHS Blood and Transplant, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, UK.
³ Edinburgh Transplant Centre, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ Liver Transplant Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, UK.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Cambridge Universities Hospital Trust, Cambridge, UK.
⁶ Paediatric Liver, Gastrointestinal, Nutrition Centre and Mowat Labs, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
⁷ Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
⁸ Liver Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE7 7DN, UK. Electronic address: steven.masson@nhs.net.
⁹ Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre and UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
¹⁰ Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK; Liver Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
¹¹ Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
¹² Highly Specialised Services, NHS England and NHS Improvement, UK.
¹³ NHS Blood and Transplant, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, UK; Liver Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE7 7DN, UK.

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Resuming liver transplantation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lembach H, Hann A, McKay SC, Hartog H, Vasanth S, El-Dalil P, Murphy N, Snelson K, Patel JK, Isaac JL, Armstrong MJ, Ferguson J, Holt A, Bennett D, Sharp I, Cockwell P, Mirza DF, Isaac JR, Perera MTPR. Lembach H, et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Aug;5(8):725-726. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30187-4. Epub 2020 Jun 11. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020. PMID: 32534603 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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