A new tool to predict future liver allograft dysfunction?

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Jonathan Rice et al. Liver Transpl. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;28(10):1559-1560.

doi: 10.1002/lt.26496. Epub 2022 May 20.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Colorado Aurora Colorado USA.

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Prediction of long-term morbidity and mortality after liver transplantation using two-dimensional shear wave elastography compared with liver biopsy.
Fallahzadeh MA, Asrani SK, Vahhab E, Ebrahim VS, Saracino G, Elwir S, Trotter JF. Fallahzadeh MA, et al. Liver Transpl. 2022 Oct;28(10):1618-1627. doi: 10.1002/lt.26450. Epub 2022 May 9. Liver Transpl. 2022. PMID: 35255183

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