Liver transplantation for patients with alcoholic liver disease: An open question

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 843-849

  Gramenzi, Annagiulia ^a   Gitto, Stefano ^a   Caputo, Fabio ^b   Biselli, Maurizio ^a   Lorenzini, Stefania ^a   Bernardi, Mauro ^a   Andreone, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SS Annunziata Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcoholic cirrhosis; Alcoholic liver disease; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACUTE ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOL TIMELINE FOLLOW BACK QUESTIONNAIRE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; CAGE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIDIVISM; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 80052960413     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2011.03.011     Document Type: Review

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