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Long-term outcomes for 32 cases of Wilson's disease after living-donor liver transplantation.
Transplantation - 27 Jan 2009
Yoshitoshi Elena Y, Takada Yasutsugu, Oike Fumitaka, Sakamoto Seisuke, Ogawa Kohei, Kanazawa Hiroyuki, Ogura Yasuhiro, Okamoto Shinya, Haga Hironori, Ueda Mikiko, Egawa Hiroto, Kasahara Mureo, Tanaka Koichi, Uemoto Shinji
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Long-term outcomes after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in Wilson's disease (WD) with heterozygous donors for WD gene are unknown. METHODS: LDLT was performed for 32 patients with WD (15 men, 17 women; mean age 16 years; range, 6-40 years) at Kyoto University Hospital from 1992 to 2006. The mean follow-up time from LDLT was 6.7+/-4.0 years (0.04-15.0 years). Donors were mainly parents...
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