Injection drug use before and after liver transplantation: A retrospective multicenter analysis on incidence and outcome

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 564-571

  De Gottardi, Andrea ^a,b   Hilleret, Marie Noelle ^c   Gelez, Pascale ^a   La Mura, Vincenzo ^b   Guillaud, Olivier ^d   Majno, Pietro ^a   Hadengue, Antoine ^a   Morel, Philippe ^a   Zarski, Jean Pierre ^c   Fontana, Massimiliano ^e   Moradpour, Darius ^e   Mentha, Gilles ^a   Boillot, Olivier ^d   Leroy, Vincent ^c   Giostra, Emiliano ^a   Dumortier, Jérôme ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Injection drug use; Liver transplantation; Methadone; Outcome; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LYSERGIDE; METHADONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955726627     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01121.x     Document Type: Article

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