Olaf R. F. Mook, Wilma M. Frederiks, Cornelis J. F. Van Noorden – 30 December 2003

Carlos Margarit, Itxarone Bilbao, Ramón Charco, José Luis Lázaro, Ernest Hidalgo, Elena Allende, Enrique Murio – 30 December 2003 – Auxiliary liver transplantation for patients with fulminant hepatic failure supports the patient's failing liver for a period of time until the native liver (NL) has recovered and immunosuppression can be withdrawn.

John G. O'Grady – 30 December 2003 – Key Points

Vincent T. Armenti, Steven K. Herrine, John S. Radomski, Michael J. Moritz – 30 December 2003 – The first known posttransplantation pregnancy was in 1958 in a renal transplant recipient who had received a kidney from her identical twin sister. The first known posttransplantation pregnancy in a liver transplant recipient was in 1978. Information available from female kidney transplant recipients helped in the decision making involved in the management of this case, as well as those that followed.

Amadeo Marcos – 30 December 2003 – Key Points

Robyn S. Shapiro, Mark Adams – 30 December 2003 – Key Points

Stephen P. Pereira, Louise M. Howard, Paolo Muiesan, Mohammed Rela, Nigel Heaton, Roger Williams – 30 December 2003 – There are few data on predictive factors for alcohol relapse or long‐term functional outcome after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease (ALD).

Kenneth E. Drazan – 30 December 2003

J. Ignacio Herrero, Jorge Quiroga, Bruno Sangro, Oscar Beloqui, Fernando Pardo, Javier A. Cienfuegos, Jesús Prieto – 30 December 2003 – Liver transplant recipients have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease because of a high incidence of obesity, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia. Hyperhomocysteinemia has been found to be an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease in large studies.

Jan Stange, Steffen R. Mitzner, Sebastian Klammt, Jens Freytag, Piotr Peszynski, Jan Loock, Heiko Hickstein, Gero Korten, Reinhardt Schmidt, Jörg Hentschel, Martin Schulz, Matthias Löhr, Stefan Liebe, Wolfgang Schareck, Ullrich T. Hopt – 30 December 2003 – Liver failure associated with excretory insufficiency and jaundice results in an endogenous accumulation of toxins involved in the impairment of cardiovascular, kidney, and cerebral function.