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Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease: A Consideration of Reasons For and Against
Author(s) -
Thiel David H.,
Gavaler Judith S.,
Tarter Ralph E.,
Dindzans Vincents J.,
Gordon Robert D.,
Iwatsuki Shunzaburo,
Makowka Leonard,
Todo Satoru,
Tzakis Andreas,
Starzl Thomas E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1989.tb00307.x
Subject(s) - liver transplantation , alcoholic liver disease , medicine , liver disease , disease , chronic liver disease , gastroenterology , transplantation , intensive care medicine , cirrhosis
Orthotopic liver transplantation is a clinical procedure that has been accepted widely as the treatment of choice for individuals with advanced chronic liver disease. As such, its application to the important clinical problem of alcoholic liver disease is inevitable. The arguments for and against liver transplantation for individuals with advanced alcoholic liver disease are presented.