Liver Transplants for Alcoholic Liver Disease

Alcohol related end-stage liver disease is a principal cause of liver failure. The scarcity of donor livers and the predominance of alcohol related end-stage liver disease has raised the issue of including alcoholics as candidates for liver transplantation. In rationalizing the arguments for and aga...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: RJ Fingerote, VG Bain, RN Fedorak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1991-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1991/567452