Open AccessTemporal Trends Associated With the Rise in Alcoholic Liver Disease-related Liver Transplantation in the United States
Author(s) -
George Cholankeril,
Chiranjeevi Gadiparthi,
Eric R. Yoo,
Brittany B. Dennis,
Andrew A. Li,
Menghan Hu,
Katherine Wong,
Donghee Kim
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002471
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , alcoholic liver disease , liver disease , population , transplantation , model for end stage liver disease , hepatic encephalopathy , chronic liver disease , cohort , confidence interval , body mass index , cirrhosis , environmental health
In the United States, alcoholic liver disease (ALD) has recently become the leading indication for liver transplantation.