Alcoholic Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation

Clinics in Liver Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 521-534

  Gallegos Orozco, Juan F ^a   Charlton, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorder; Alcoholic liver disease; Liver transplant; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY RATE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT INDICATION; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOLISM; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84991691460     PISSN: 10893261     EISSN: 15578224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2016.02.009     Document Type: Review

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