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Survival after liver transplantation in patients with hepatic iron overload: the national hemochromatosis transplant registry.
Gastroenterology - 1 Aug 2005
Kowdley Kris V, Brandhagen David J, Gish Robert G, Bass Nathan M, Weinstein Jeffrey, Schilsky Michael L, Fontana Robert J, McCashland Timothy, Cotler Scott J, Bacon Bruce R, Keeffe Emmet B, Gordon Fredric, Polissar Nayak
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Previous uncontrolled studies have suggested that patients with hepatic iron overload have a poor outcome after liver transplantation. We examined the effect of HFE mutations on posttransplantation survival in patients with hepatic iron overload. METHODS: Two hundred sixty patients with end-stage liver disease and hepatic iron overload were enrolled from 12 liver transplantation centers....
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