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    Liver Transplantation: Volume 15, Issue 10

    1159-1385
    October 2009
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Editorial

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Making dollars and sense out of liver transplantation†

Michael Abecassis, 
  • Pages: 1159-1161
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Should transplant hepatologists serve as primary care physicians?†

Bashar A. Aqel, 
  • Pages: 1162-1163
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Antibody to hepatitis B core antigen–positive grafts: Not perfect but no longer marginal†

Martín Prieto, 
  • Pages: 1164-1168
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Recurrent autoimmune hepatitis after liver transplantation: A disease continuum or a fresh start?†

Albert J. Czaja, 
  • Pages: 1169-1171
  • First Published: 29 September 2009

Review

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Preconditioning, organ preservation, and postconditioning to prevent ischemia-reperfusion injury to the liver

Olivier de Rougemont,  Kuno Lehmann,  Pierre-Alain Clavien, 
  • Pages: 1172-1182
  • First Published: 29 September 2009

Perspectives in Liver Transplantation

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The use of preoperative nutritional interventions to protect against hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury

Tessa M. van Ginhoven,  James R. Mitchell,  Marielle Verweij,  Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers,  Jan N. M. Ijzermans,  Ron W. F. de Bruin, 
  • Pages: 1183-1191
  • First Published: 29 September 2009

New Biology and Liver Transplantation

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Mesenchymal stem cells as immunomodulators after liver transplantation

Felix C. Popp,  Philipp Renner,  Elke Eggenhofer,  Przemyslaw Slowik,  Edward K. Geissler,  Pompiliu Piso,  Hans J. Schlitt,  Marc H. Dahlke, 
  • Pages: 1192-1198
  • First Published: 29 September 2009

Original Articles

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Kinetics of host immune responses and cytomegalovirus resistance in a liver transplant patient

Kirsten Schaffer,  Julie Moran,  Margaret Duffy,  Aiden P. McCormick,  William W. Hall,  Jaythoon Hassan, 
  • Pages: 1199-1203
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Liver grafts from donors with central nervous system tumors: A single-center perspective

Randeep Kashyap,  Charlotte Ryan,  Rajeev Sharma,  Manoj K. Maloo,  Saman Safadjou,  Maureen Graham,  David Tretheway,  Ashokkumar Jain,  Mark Orloff, 
  • Pages: 1204-1208
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Pretransplant lymphocyte count predicts the incidence of infection during the first two years after liver transplantation†

Mario Fernández-Ruiz,  Francisco López-Medrano,  Eva María Romo,  Luis María Allende,  Juan Carlos Meneu,  Yiliam Fundora-Suárez,  Rafael San-Juan,  Manuel Lizasoain,  Estela Paz-Artal,  Jose María Aguado, 
  • Pages: 1209-1216
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Donor mannose-binding lectin gene polymorphisms influence the outcome of liver transplantation†

Carlos Cervera,  Domingo Balderramo,  Belén Suárez,  Jhon Prieto,  Francisco Fuster,  Laura Linares,  Josep Fuster,  Asunción Moreno,  Francisco Lozano,  Miquel Navasa, 
  • Pages: 1217-1224
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Prevalence of hepatitis E virus infection in liver transplant recipients

Elizabeth B. Haagsma,  Hubert G. M. Niesters,  Arie P. van den Berg,  Annelies Riezebos-Brilman,  Robert J. Porte,  Harry Vennema,  Johan H. J. Reimerink,  Marion P. G. Koopmans, 
  • Pages: 1225-1228
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Liver transplantation for familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy: Impact on Swedish patients' survival

Sadahisa Okamoto,  Jonas Wixner,  Konen Obayashi,  Yukio Ando,  Bo-Göran Ericzon,  Styrbjörn Friman,  Makoto Uchino,  Ole B. Suhr, 
  • Pages: 1229-1235
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Acute liver failure at 26 weeks' gestation in a patient with sickle cell disease

Mara Greenberg,  Tami J. Daugherty,  Arvand Elihu,  Ravi Sharaf,  Waldo Concepcion,  Maurice Druzin,  Carlos O. Esquivel, 
  • Pages: 1236-1241
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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A report of human herpesvirus 6–associated encephalitis in a solid organ transplant recipient and a review of previously published cases

Christopher Vinnard,  Todd Barton,  Elliot Jerud,  Emily Blumberg, 
  • Pages: 1242-1246
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Early noninvasive measurement of the indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate accurately predicts early graft dysfunction and mortality after deceased donor liver transplantation

Luis Olmedilla,  José María Pérez-Peña,  Cristina Ripoll,  Ignacio Garutti,  Roberto de Diego,  Magdalena Salcedo,  Consuelo Jiménez,  Rafael Bañares, 
  • Pages: 1247-1253
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Risk factors for recurrence of autoimmune hepatitis after liver transplantation†‡

Aldo J. Montano-Loza,  Andrew L. Mason,  Mang Ma,  Ravin J. Bastiampillai,  Vincent G. Bain,  Puneeta Tandon, 
  • Pages: 1254-1261
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Conversion from a calcineurin inhibitor to everolimus therapy in maintenance liver transplant recipients: A prospective, randomized, multicenter trial

Paolo De Simone,  Herold J. Metselaar,  Lutz Fischer,  Jérôme Dumortier,  Karim Boudjema,  Jean Hardwigsen,  Lionel Rostaing,  Luciano De Carlis,  Faouzi Saliba,  Frederik Nevens, 
  • Pages: 1262-1269
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Liver transplantation cost in the model for end-stage liver disease era: Looking beyond the transplant admission†‡§

Paula Buchanan,  Nino Dzebisashvili,  Krista L. Lentine,  David A. Axelrod,  Mark A. Schnitzler,  Paolo R. Salvalaggio, 
  • Pages: 1270-1277
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Predicting recurrence after liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma exceeding the up-to-seven criteria

Francesco D'Amico,  Myron Schwartz,  Alessandro Vitale,  Parissa Tabrizian,  Sasan Roayaie,  Swan Thung,  Maria Guido,  Juan del Rio Martin,  Thomas Schiano,  Umberto Cillo, 
  • Pages: 1278-1287
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Recipient age affects long-term outcome and hepatitis C recurrence in old donor livers following transplantation

Markus Selzner,  Arash Kashfi,  Nazia Selzner,  Stuart McCluskey,  Paul D. Greig,  Mark S. Cattral,  Gary A. Levy,  Les Lilly,  Eberhard L. Renner,  George Therapondos,  Lesley E. Adcock,  David R. Grant,  Ian D. McGilvray, 
  • Pages: 1288-1295
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Severe left-sided heart failure early after liver transplantation

Frédéric Schnell,  Erwan Donal,  Richard Lorho,  Sylvain Lavoué,  Arnaud Gacouin,  Philippe Compagnon,  Karim Boudjema,  Philippe Mabo,  Yves Le Tulzo,  Christophe Camus, 
  • Pages: 1296-1305
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Role of hydrogen sulfide in hepatic ischemia-reperfusion–induced injury in rats

Kai Kang,  Mingyan Zhao,  Hongchi Jiang,  Gang Tan,  Shangha Pan,  Xueying Sun, 
  • Pages: 1306-1314
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Rapamycin inhibits hepatic fibrosis in rats by attenuating multiple profibrogenic pathways

Kim R. Bridle,  Claudia Popa,  Maelle L. Morgan,  Amy L. Sobbe,  Andrew D. Clouston,  Linda M. Fletcher,  Darrell H. G. Crawford, 
  • Pages: 1315-1324
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Conivaptan increases serum sodium in hyponatremic patients with end-stage liver disease

Jacqueline G. O'Leary,  Gary L. Davis, 
  • Pages: 1325-1329
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Long-term management after liver transplantation: Primary care physician versus hepatologist†

J. Christie Heller,  Allan V. Prochazka,  Gregory T. Everson,  Lisa M. Forman, 
  • Pages: 1330-1335
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Enfuvirtide: A safe and effective antiretroviral agent for human immunodeficiency virus–infected patients shortly after liver transplantation

Elina Teicher,  Chadi Abbara,  Jean-Charles Duclos-Vallée,  Teresa Antonini,  Laurence Bonhomme-Faivre,  Delphine Desbois,  Didier Samuel,  Daniel Vittecoq, 
  • Pages: 1336-1342
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Survival after orthotopic liver transplantation: The impact of antibody against hepatitis B core antigen in the donor†‡§

Lei Yu,  Thomas Koepsell,  Lisa Manhart,  George Ioannou, 
  • Pages: 1343-1350
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Outcomes of liver transplantation for paracetamol (acetaminophen)-induced hepatic failure

Sheldon C. Cooper,  Roland C. Aldridge,  Tahir Shah,  Kerry Webb,  Peter Nightingale,  Sue Paris,  Bridget K. Gunson,  David J. Mutimer,  James M. Neuberger, 
  • Pages: 1351-1357
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Plasma disappearance rate of indocyanine green: A tool to evaluate early graft outcome after liver transplantation†

Eric Levesque,  Faouzi Saliba,  Sonia Benhamida,  Philippe Ichaï,  Daniel Azoulay,  René Adam,  Denis Castaing,  Didier Samuel, 
  • Pages: 1358-1364
  • First Published: 29 September 2009

Liver Transplantation Worldwide

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Infrahepatic cavocavostomy: Expanding the armamentarium for the liver transplant surgeon

James D. Perkins M.D., 
  • Pages: 1365-1369
  • First Published: 29 September 2009

Images in Liver Transplantation

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Living donor liver transplantation using a left lobe graft from a donor with severe liver trauma: A 7-year follow-up

Geng Chen,  Huaizhi Wang,  Liping Chen,  Shizhong Yang,  Shuguang Wang,  Ping Bie,  Zhanyu Yang,  Jiahong Dong, 
  • Pages: 1370-1373
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Live donor liver transplantation for Budd-Chiari syndrome: Anastomosis of the right hepatic vein to the right atrium

Mircelal Kazimi,  Can Karaca,  Mustafa Ozsoy,  Murat Ozdemir,  Anil Ziya Apaydin,  Sezgin Ulukaya,  Murat Zeytunlu,  Murat Kilic, 
  • Pages: 1374-1377
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Interventional percutaneous trans-splenic approach in the management of portal venous occlusion after living donor liver transplantation

Yu-Fan Cheng,  Hsin-You Ou,  Leo Leung-Chit Tsang,  Chun-Yen Yu,  Tung-Liang Huang,  Tai-Yi Chen,  Allan Concejero,  Chee-Chien Yong,  Chao-Long Chen, 
  • Pages: 1378-1380
  • First Published: 29 September 2009

Letter to the Editors

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Delayed splenic artery occlusion for treatment of established small-for-size syndrome after partial liver transplantation

Ashish Singhal,  Neerav Goyal,  Vivek Vij Subash Gupta, 
  • Pages: 1381-1382
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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The urgent need for evaluating recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis in living donor liver transplantation

Sumihito Tamura,  Yasuhiko Sugawara,  Noriyo Yamashiki,  Junichi Kaneko,  Norihiro Kokudo, 
  • Pages: 1383-1384
  • First Published: 29 September 2009
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Reply: The urgent need for evaluating recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis in living donor liver transplantation

Edward Biobele Alabraba,  Darius Mirza,  James Neuberger, 
  • Page: 1385
  • First Published: 29 September 2009