Liver Transplantation in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Grade 3: Fifty Shades of Gray

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¹ Liver Transplant UnitDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepato-Pancreatology and Digestive Oncology Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles Erasme Hospital Brussels Belgium Department of Multiorgan Transplantation Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles Erasme Hospital Brussels Belgium Laboratory of Experimental Gastroenterology Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium Inserm Unité 1149Centre de Recherche sur l'inflammation Paris France UMR S_1149 Université Paris Diderot Paris France European Association for the Study of the Liver-CLIF Consortium, European Foundation for the study of Chronic Liver Failure Barcelona Spain.

Editorial

Antonella Putignano et al. Liver Transpl. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun;28(6):933-935.

doi: 10.1002/lt.26440. Epub 2022 Mar 13.

¹ Liver Transplant UnitDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepato-Pancreatology and Digestive Oncology Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles Erasme Hospital Brussels Belgium Department of Multiorgan Transplantation Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles Erasme Hospital Brussels Belgium Laboratory of Experimental Gastroenterology Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium Inserm Unité 1149Centre de Recherche sur l'inflammation Paris France UMR S_1149 Université Paris Diderot Paris France European Association for the Study of the Liver-CLIF Consortium, European Foundation for the study of Chronic Liver Failure Barcelona Spain.

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Risk Factors for Posttransplantation Mortality in Recipients With Grade 3 Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Analysis of a North American Consortium.
Sundaram V, Patel S, Shetty K, Lindenmeyer CC, Rahimi RS, Flocco G, Al-Attar A, Karvellas CJ, Challa S, Maddur H, Jou JH, Kriss M, Stein LL, Xiao AH, Vyhmeister RH, Green EW, Campbell B, Cranford W, Mahmud N, Fortune BE; Multi‐Organ Dysfunction and Evaluation for Liver Transplantation (MODEL) Consortium. Sundaram V, et al. Liver Transpl. 2022 Jun;28(6):1078-1089. doi: 10.1002/lt.26408. Epub 2022 Feb 9. Liver Transpl. 2022. PMID: 35020260 Free PMC article.

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