Younger age, prior relapse among predictors of alcohol use after liver transplant in ALD

Researchers have identified additional predictors of relapse in patients undergoing liver transplant for alcohol-related liver disease, including younger age and prior relapse, which differ from components of current prediction scores.
“Early LT has become an increasingly frequent option for patients with alcohol-related hepatitis at many LT centers,” Karen Young, MD, of the department of internal medicine at Duke University, and colleagues wrote in Gastro Hep Advances. “Transplantation in patients with ALD, however, requires weighing the risk of alcohol relapse.”
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Researchers have identified additional predictors of relapse in patients undergoing liver transplant for alcohol-related liver disease, including younger age and prior relapse, which differ from components of current prediction scores.
“Early LT has become an increasingly frequent option for patients with alcohol-related hepatitis at many LT centers,” Karen Young, MD, of the department of internal medicine at Duke University, and colleagues wrote in Gastro Hep Advances. “Transplantation in patients with ALD, however, requires weighing the risk of alcohol relapse.”
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