Ethical considerations regarding early liver transplantation in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis not responding to medical therapy

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 866-871

  Donckier, Vincent ^a   Lucidi, Valerio ^a   Gustot, Thierry ^a   Moreno, Christophe ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Early; Ethic; Hepatitis; Severe; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SHORT TERM SURVIVAL; ETHICS; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC OPINION; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC OPINION; TEMPERANCE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84896405652     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.11.015     Document Type: Note

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