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    Liver Transplantation: Volume 17, Issue 2

    99-217
    February 2011
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Editorials

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Liver cell implants: A long road †

Humphrey Hodgson,  Clare Selden, 
  • Pages: 99-101
  • First Published: 10 January 2011
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How much is too much?†

Timothy M. McCashland , MD, 
  • Pages: 102-103
  • First Published: 14 December 2010

Original Articles

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Primary human hepatocytes on biodegradable poly(l-lactic acid) matrices: A promising model for improving transplantation efficiency with tissue engineering†

Eva Török,  Marc Lutgehetmann,  Jeanette Bierwolf,  Stefan Melbeck,  Jochen Düllmann,  Bjoern Nashan,  Peter X. Ma,  Joerg M. Pollok, 
  • Pages: 104-114
  • First Published: 11 October 2010
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Portal inflow and pressure changes in right liver living donor liver transplantation including the middle hepatic vein

See Ching Chan,  Chung Mau Lo,  Kelvin K.C. Ng,  Irene O.L. Ng,  Boon Hun Yong,  Sheung Tat Fan, 
  • Pages: 115-121
  • First Published: 28 January 2011
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Continuous development of arrhythmia is observed in swedish transplant patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (amyloidogenic transthyretin Val30Met variant)

Sadahisa Okamoto,  Rolf Hörnsten,  Konen Obayashi,  Priyantha Wijayatunga,  Ole B. Suhr, 
  • Pages: 122-128
  • First Published: 07 September 2010
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Moderate ascites identifies patients with low model for end-stage liver disease scores awaiting liver transplantation who have a high mortality risk

Ma Somsouk,  Rachel Kornfield,  Eric Vittinghoff,  John M. Inadomi,  Scott W. Biggins, 
  • Pages: 129-136
  • First Published: 28 October 2010
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Portopulmonary hypertension as an indication for combined heart, lung, and liver or lung and liver transplantation: Literature review and case presentation †‡

Nicole E. Scouras,  Takashi Matsusaki,  Charles D. Boucek,  Cynthia Wells,  Erik A. Cooper,  Raymond M. Planinsic,  Erin A. Sullivan,  Christian A. Bermudez,  Yoshiya Toyoda,  Tetsuro Sakai, 
  • Pages: 137-143
  • First Published: 28 January 2011
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Immediate noninvasive ventilation may improve mortality in patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation

Yuichi Chihara,  Hiroto Egawa,  Tomomasa Tsuboi,  Toru Oga,  Tomohiro Handa,  Kazuhiko Yamamoto,  Michiaki Mishima,  Koichi Tanaka,  Shinji Uemoto,  Kazuo Chin, 
  • Pages: 144-148
  • First Published: 19 October 2010
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Differential effects of plasma and red blood cell transfusions on acute lung injury and infection risk following liver transplantation †‡

Alexander B. Benson,  James R. Burton Jr,  Gregory L. Austin,  Scott W. Biggins,  Michael A. Zimmerman,  Igal Kam,  Susan Mandell,  Christopher C. Silliman,  Hugo Rosen,  Marc Moss, 
  • Pages: 149-158
  • First Published: 27 October 2010
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Dual catheter placement technique for treatment of biliary anastomotic strictures after liver transplantation

Dong Il Gwon,  Kyu-Bo Sung,  Gi-Young Ko,  Hyun-Ki Yoon,  Sung-Gyu Lee, 
  • Pages: 159-166
  • First Published: 19 October 2010
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Pharmacokinetics for once-daily versus twice-daily tacrolimus formulations in de novo liver transplantation: A randomized, open-label trial†‡

Lutz Fischer,  Pavel Trunečka,  Bruno Gridelli,  Andre Roy,  Alessandro Vitale,  Andrés Valdivieso,  Evaristo Varo,  Daniel Seehofer,  Stephen Lynch,  Didier Samuel,  Bo-Goran Ericzon,  Karim Boudjema,  Carmen Karpf,  Nasrullah Undre, 
  • Pages: 167-177
  • First Published: 21 October 2010
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Digital image analysis of liver collagen predicts clinical outcome of recurrent hepatitis C Virus 1 year after liver transplantation†

Pinelopi Manousou,  Amar P. Dhillon,  Graziela Isgro,  Vincenza Calvaruso,  T.V. Luong,  Emmanuel Tsochatzis,  E. Xirouchakis,  G. Kalambokis,  Timothy J. Cross,  N. Rolando,  James O'Beirne,  David Patch,  D. Thornburn,  Andrew K. Burroughs, 
  • Pages: 178-188
  • First Published: 21 October 2010
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Endoplasmic reticulum stress is a mediator of posttransplant injury in severely steatotic liver allografts

Christopher D. Anderson,  Gundumi Upadhya,  Kendra D. Conzen,  Jianlou Jia,  Elizabeth M. Brunt,  Venkataswarup Tiriveedhi,  Yan Xie,  Sabarinathan Ramachandran,  Thalachallour Mohanakumar,  Nicholas O. Davidson,  William C. Chapman, 
  • Pages: 189-200
  • First Published: 16 November 2010
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Native macrophages genetically modified to express heme oxygenase 1 protect rat liver transplants from ischemia/reperfusion injury

Xiu-Da Shen,  Bibo Ke,  Yoichiro Uchida,  Haofeng Ji,  Feng Gao,  Yuan Zhai,  Ronald W. Busuttil,  Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski, 
  • Pages: 201-210
  • First Published: 27 October 2010

Images In Liver Transplantation

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Endovascular closure of a portocaval shunt after left lobe liver transplantation using an amplatzer muscular ventricular septal occluder device

Jeremy Durack,  Nathan Bass,  David Teitel,  Robert Kerlan,  John Roberts, 
  • Pages: 211-214
  • First Published: 28 October 2010

Letters to the Editors

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The influence of seeking god in the association between religiosity and prolonged survival in liver transplant recipients

Frank de Vocht Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 215-216
  • First Published: 21 October 2010

Letters to the Editor

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Reply

Franco Bonaguidi D. Psych., 
  • Page: 217
  • First Published: 16 November 2010