Should length of sobriety be a major determinant in liver transplant selection?

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 259-264

  Rice, John P ^a   Lucey, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Alcohol; Hepatitis; Liver transplantation; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALLOGRAFT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENCE; TEMPERANCE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879923026     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e32835fb94b     Document Type: Review

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