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AASLD Liver Transplant Outcomes for HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients Patients with HCV/HIV coinfection only have a 55% survival rate 5 years after liver transplantation because of HCV reactivation and poor treatment response.
Medscape Medical News, December 5, 2011
AASLD More Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Requiring Transplant The incidence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis requiring liver transplantation is escalating, although the precise drivers for risk remain unclear; effective treatment is lacking.
Medscape Medical News, November 28, 2011

ICMAOI No HIV Disease Progression in Transplant Recipients
Medscape Medical News, November 18, 2011
AASLD Inotropics, Age Predict Mortality After Transplant for Acute Liver Failu...
Reuters Health Information, November 11, 2011
Early Liver Transplant Cuts Deaths From Alcoholic Hepatitis
Reuters Health Information, November 11, 2011
Survival Outcomes Good for Split Liver Transplants
Reuters Health Information, October 6, 2011

Liver & Intestine Transplant Perspectives

Umbilical Hernia Repair in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis Commentary on a study on the safety and efficacy of elective umbilical hernia repair in patients with liver cirrhosis, published September 2011 in Surgery.
Medscape General Surgery, December 20, 2011
Complications of Portal Hypertension: Hepatorenal Syndrome This serious complication of liver disease can be rapidly fatal if not treated, but the tricky part is often the diagnosis.
Medscape Gastroenterology, December 5, 2011

Can Higher Levels of HLA-G Improve Liver Transplant Outcome?
Medscape Transplantation, January 14, 2011
New Sources of Liver Injury in Children: AASLD 2010
Medscape Gastroenterology, November 10, 2010
Leflunomide: Useful in the Treatment of Complex CMV?
Medscape Transplantation, October 7, 2010
What Are the Risks to Donors in Living Liver Transplantation?
Medscape Gastroenterology, September 15, 2010

Journals

Peginterferon for Recurrent HCV After Liver Transplantation
Journal of Viral Hepatitis, February 7, 2012
Transmission of HCV Through Transplanted Organs and Tissue
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, January 29, 2012
Liver Transplant Using Donor Organs With High Liver Enzymes
Liver International, January 26, 2012
Early Liver Transplantation for Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis
AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill, January 20, 2012
Immunosuppression, Liver Injury and Post-transplant HCV
Journal of Viral Hepatitis, January 17, 2012

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