Role of 6-month abstinence rule in living donor liver transplantation for patients with alcoholic liver disease

Hepatology Research

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1169-1174

  Kawaguchi, Yoshikuni ^a   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a   Yamashiki, Noriyo ^b   Kaneko, Junichi ^a   Tamura, Sumihito ^a   Aoki, Taku ^a   Sakamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Hasegawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Nojiri, Kayo ^b   Kokudo, Norihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abstinence period; Alcohol recidivism; Alcoholic liver disease; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84886808131     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hepr.12065     Document Type: Article

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