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How does donor age influence the success of liver transplantation in patients with hepatitis?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 2, pages 350–351 (2005)Cite this article

boxed-textLake JR et al. (2005) Differential effects of donor age in liver transplant recipients infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C and without viral hepatitis. Am J Transplant 5: 549–557

Younger donor livers should be allocated according to recipient life expectancy with special regard to HCV-infected patients with a high risk for early acute hepatitis C after liver transplantation

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Puhl, G., Neumann, U. How does donor age influence the success of liver transplantation in patients with hepatitis?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2, 350–351 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0234

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