Current Challenges of Liver Transplantation in Iran

Liver transplantation (LT) is a lifesaving procedure and the treatment of choice for patients suffering from end-stage liver disease (ESLD). There is increasing number of patients with ESLD in Iran. There is a need to expand and develop new centers to provide better access to LT for patients with ES...

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Autores principales: Saidi, Reza F., Kazemaini, Seyed Mohammad, Malekzadeh, Reza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iranian Association of Gastroerterology and Hepatology 2018
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5903927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29682248
http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/mejdd.2017.90
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description Liver transplantation (LT) is a lifesaving procedure and the treatment of choice for patients suffering from end-stage liver disease (ESLD). There is increasing number of patients with ESLD in Iran. There is a need to expand and develop new centers to provide better access to LT for patients with ESLD in Iran. This review will address current and future challenges for LT in Iran
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spelling pubmed-59039272018-04-20 Current Challenges of Liver Transplantation in Iran Saidi, Reza F. Kazemaini, Seyed Mohammad Malekzadeh, Reza Middle East J Dig Dis Brief Report Liver transplantation (LT) is a lifesaving procedure and the treatment of choice for patients suffering from end-stage liver disease (ESLD). There is increasing number of patients with ESLD in Iran. There is a need to expand and develop new centers to provide better access to LT for patients with ESLD in Iran. This review will address current and future challenges for LT in Iran Iranian Association of Gastroerterology and Hepatology 2018-01 2018-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5903927/ /pubmed/29682248 http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/mejdd.2017.90 Text en © 2018 The Author(s) This work is published by Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseaes as an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.
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