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Higher thresholds for the utilization of steatotic allografts in liver transplantation: Analysis from a U.S. national database

BACKGROUND: Historically, liver allografts with >30% macrosteatosis (MaS) on donor biopsy have been associated with early allograft dysfunction and worse graft survival; however, successful outcomes have been reported in small cohorts. This study proposes an elevated MaS threshold for organ utili...

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Autores principales: Steggerda, Justin A., Bloom, Matthew B., Noureddin, Mazen, Brennan, Todd V., Todo, Tsuyoshi, Nissen, Nicholas N., Klein, Andrew S., Kim, Irene K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7117730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32240235
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230995