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Usefulness of Liver Transplantation in the Elderly: The Converging Impact of Risk and Benefit
In the United States, waitlist prioritization for liver transplantation (LT) follows urgency-based principles that are meant to only consider pretransplant risk of death.1–3 The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, when calculated accordin… Continue reading
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Usefulness of Liver Transplantation in the Elderly: The Converging Impact of Risk and Benefit
In the United States, waitlist prioritization for liver transplantation (LT) follows urgency-based principles that are meant to only consider pretransplant risk of death.1–3 The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, when calculated accordin… Continue reading
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