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Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Noncirrhotic Inheritable Metabolic Liver Diseases: Impact of the Use of Heterozygous Donors
15 Sept 2005
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BACKGROUND: In living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), the liver donor is almost always a blood relative; therefore, the donor is sometimes a heterozygous carrier of inheritable diseases. The use of such carriers as donors has not been validated. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the outcome of LDLT for noncirrhotic inheritable metabolic liver disease (NCIMLD) to clarify the effects of using a...
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