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Recipient aging accelerates acquired transthyretin amyloidosis after domino liver transplantation.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 May 2016
Misumi Yohei, Narita Yasuko, Oshima Toshinori, Ueda Mitsuharu, Yamashita Taro, Tasaki Masayoshi, Obayashi Konen, Isono Kaori, Inomata Yukihiro, Ando Yukio
Abstract excerpt
Domino liver transplantation (DLT) with liver grafts from patients with hereditary transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis has been performed throughout the world because of a severe liver graft shortage. Reports of acquired systemic TTR amyloidosis in domino liver recipients have been increasing; however, the precise pathogenesis and clinical course of acquired TTR amyloidosis remains unclear. We analyzed the...
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