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Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with a novel telomerase mutation and steatosis.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Feb 2013
Valenti Luca, Dongiovanni Paola, Maggioni Marco, Motta Benedetta Maria, Rametta Raffaela, Milano Marta, Fargion Silvia, Reggiani Paolo, Fracanzani Anna Ludovica
Abstract excerpt
We report the case and discuss the outcome of a 63-year-old man, who was transplanted for hepatocellular carcinoma arising from cirrhosis associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver and diabetes. Because of co-existent well-compensated idiopathic familial pulmonary fibrosis and family history of cryptogenic cirrhosis, he was screened and found positive for a novel c.2062 C>G telomerase (TERT) mutation, encoding for...
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