Liver Transplants
Scientists at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Department of Nephrology discuss research in liver transplants
Published in Blood Weekly, March 8th, 2007
Researchers detail in "Long-term bridging of acute on chronic liver failure to successful transplantation with an extracorporeal liver support system," new data in liver transplants. According to a study from Frankfurt, Germany, "We report the case of a 38-year-old Caucasian male who was admitted because of end-stage liver failure due to primary sclerosing cholangitis. Because of the rapidly progressive severe hepatic encephalopathy and development of hepatorenal syndrome type I, the patient was immediately upgraded to a high priority status on the liver transplantation waiting list (T2 status according to Eurotransplant criteria)."
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