Plasmacytic posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder with hyperviscosity syndrome in a child after liver transplant
Christine H. Yang, Saurabh Gombar, Clare J. Twist, Dita Gratzinger, Carlos O. Esquivel, Audrey H. Lau – 26 May 2016
The role of hepatitis E virus infection in adult Americans with acute liver failure
Robert John Fontana, Ronald E. Engle, Steven Scaglione, Victor Araya, Obaid Shaikh, Holly Tillman, Nahid Attar, Robert H. Purcell, William M. Lee, for the US Acute Liver Failure Study Group – 23 May 2016 – Acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a leading cause of acute liver failure (ALF) in many developing countries, yet rarely identified in Western countries. Given that antibody testing for HEV infection is not routinely obtained, we hypothesized that HEV‐related ALF might be present and unrecognized in North American ALF patients. Serum samples of 681 adults enrolled in the U.S.
Liver transplantation for children with acute liver failure associated with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Achiya Z. Amir, Simon C. Ling, Ahmed Naqvi, Sheila Weitzman, Annie Fecteau, David Grant, Anand Ghanekar, Mark Cattral, Nadya Nalli, Ernest Cutz, Binita Kamath, Nicola Jones, Maria Angelis, Vicky Ng, Yaron Avitzur – 23 May 2016 – Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare life‐threatening systemic disease, characterized by overwhelming stimulation of the immune system and categorized as primary or secondary types. Occasionally, acute liver failure (ALF) may dominate the clinical presentation.
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Liver transplantation in Spain
Gloria de la Rosa, Constantino Fondevila, Miquel Navasa – 20 May 2016 – Liver transplantation (LT) activity started in Spain in 1984 and has exceeded 23,700 interventions, with more than 1000 transplants performed yearly. Every hospital needs official authorization to perform a LT, which implies the obligation to register all patients on the national waiting list. The Spanish National Transplant Organization (ONT) provides essential support for organ procurement, allocation, and management of the waiting list at a national level.
Pregnancy in the liver transplant recipient
Zoulikha Jabiry‐Zieniewicz, Filip Andrzej Dabrowski, Bronislawa Pietrzak, Janusz Wyzgal, Dorota Bomba‐Opoń, Krzysztof Zieniewicz, Miroslaw Wielgos – 20 May 2016 – During gestation, the woman's body undergoes various changes, and the line between physiology and pathology is very thin even in healthy women. Today, many of the liver transplant recipients are young women, who at one point in their lives may consider the possibility of pregnancy.