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Domino liver transplantation: risks and benefits.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 May 2008
Ericzon B-G, Larsson M, Wilczek H E
Abstract excerpt
Domino liver transplantation, wherein a patient who himself undergoes liver transplantation in turn donates his liver to another recipient, has been performed since the mid-1990 s. Although livers from a handful of metabolic disorders cured by liver transplantation have been used for domino transplantation, familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) livers are by far the most common source. FAP is an inherited...
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