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Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Is It Possible to Refrain From Using Exception Scores?
Author(s) -
SedaNeto J.,
Chapchap P.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.13088
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , transplantation , liver disease , intensive care medicine , pediatrics
This editorial provides commentary on Hsu et al's (page 436 ) re‐review of the pediatric end‐stage liver disease scoring system, and how the increased utilization of exception scores for pediatric liver transplantation in the United States is paralleled with the allocation system in Brazil.