liver transplantation
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Research problems linked to this topic
- Alcoholic liver disease is a major cause of liver disease and has become an ever-increasing indication for liver transplantation (LTx).
- With the improved survival achieved in the 1980s it has become apparent that graft rejection is a major problem following liver transplantation.
- The importance of donor-specific antibodies (DSA) after liver transplantation (LT) for graft and patient survival is an ongoing controversy.
- Despite high demand, a severe shortage of suitable allografts limits the use of liver transplantation for the treatment of end-stage liver disease.
- Recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation (LT) is a major problem, since up to 30% of patients develop cirrhosis only 5 years after LT in the absence of antiviral therapy.
- Coronavirus disease 2019 is a global pandemic, and to deal with the unexpected, enormous burden on healthcare system, liver transplantation (LT) services have been suspended in many centers.