Downgrading MELD improves the outcomes after liver transplantation in patients with acute-on-chronic hepatitis B liver failure.

Downgrading MELD improves the outcomes after liver transplantation in patients with acute-on-chronic hepatitis B liver failure.

BACKGROUND:High score of model for end-stage liver diseases (MELD) before liver transplantation (LT) indicates poor prognosis. Artificial liver support system (ALSS) has been proved to effectively improve liver and kidney functions, and thus reduce the MELD score. We aim to evaluate whether downgrad...

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Main Authors: Qi Ling, Xiao Xu, Qiang Wei, Xiaoli Liu, Haijun Guo, Li Zhuang, Jiajia Chen, Qi Xia, Haiyang Xie, Jian Wu, Shusen Zheng, Lanjuan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3265473?pdf=render

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