Early Liver Transplantation for Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis

Mathurin, Philippe; Moreno, Christophe; Samuel, Didier; Dumortier, Jérôme; Salleron, Julia; Durand, François; Castel, Hélène; Duhamel, Alain; Pageaux, Georges‐Philippe; Leroy, Vincent; Dharancy, Sébastien; Louvet, Alexandre; Boleslawski, Emmanuel; Lucidi, Valério; Gustot, Thierry; Francoz, Claire; Létoublon, Christian; Castaing, Denis; Belghiti, Jacques; Donckier, Vincent; Pruvot, François‐René; Duclos‐Vallée, Jean‐Charles

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1105703

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Early Liver Transplantation for Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Nov 9, 2011

Authors:

Philippe Mathurin

Christophe Moreno

Didier Samuel

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A 6-month abstinence from alcohol is usually required before patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis are considered for liver transplantation. Patients whose hepatitis is not responding to medical therapy have a 6-month survival rate of approximately 30%. Since most alcoholic hepatitis ...

Subject

Medicine

Alcoholic hepatitis

Abstinence

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