TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis as a Growing Indication for Liver Transplantation
T2 - The Evolving Gender and Ethnic Trends
AU - Wieland, Amanda
AU - Kohli, Ruhail
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, American College of Gastroenterology.
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - With highly effective cures for hepatitis C and rising rates of metabolic disease in the United States, the composition of the liver transplant candidate pool has been changing over the past decade. In their report, Noureddin et al., characterize the latest trends with a focus on gender and ethnic differences. Novel gender and ethnic trends were found including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis as the current leading indication for waitlist registration and liver transplantation in females.
AB - With highly effective cures for hepatitis C and rising rates of metabolic disease in the United States, the composition of the liver transplant candidate pool has been changing over the past decade. In their report, Noureddin et al., characterize the latest trends with a focus on gender and ethnic differences. Novel gender and ethnic trends were found including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis as the current leading indication for waitlist registration and liver transplantation in females.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41395-018-0373-4
DO - 10.1038/s41395-018-0373-4
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 30353054
AN - SCOPUS:85055483366
SN - 0002-9270
VL - 113
SP - 1588
EP - 1589
JO - American Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - American Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 11
ER -