Caring for a child after a liver transplant: Challenges beyond medical complexity

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Editorial

Adriana Perez et al. Liver Transpl. 2022 Nov.

. 2022 Nov;28(11):1707-1708.

doi: 10.1002/lt.26540. Epub 2022 Jul 14.

¹ Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and NutritionChildren's Hospital at Montefiore-Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronxNew YorkUSA.

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Racial/ethnic disparities in wait-list outcomes are only partly explained by socioeconomic deprivation among children awaiting liver transplantation.
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