“Weighing the risk”: Obesity and outcomes following liver transplantation

Obesity is on the rise worldwide. As a result, unprecedented rates of patients are presenting with end stage liver disease in the setting of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and are requiring liver transplantation. There are significant concerns that the risk factors associated with obesity...

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Published in:World J Hepatol
Main Authors: Reichman, Trevor W, Therapondos, George, Serrano, Maria-Stella, Seal, John, Evers-Meltzer, Rachel, Bohorquez, Humberto, Cohen, Ari, Carmody, Ian, Ahmed, Emily, Bruce, David, Loss, George E
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462687/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26085908
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v7.i11.1484
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