Living‐related liver transplantation for Crigler–Najjar syndrome in Saudi Arabia

Haider Al Shurafa, Sami Wali, May Chehab, Mona Al Shahed, M Jawdat, H. Djurberg, Atef Bassas

Clinical Transplantation · 2002 · 13 citations · 19 references

Abstract

Crigler-Najjar syndrome type I is a relatively common disease in Saudi Arabia for which LRLT is a curative treatment when performed at an early age before the development of kernicterus and neurological deficiency. In countries where there is a severe shortage of cadaveric organs, as is the case in Saudi Arabia, LRLT is the optimum treatment modality for this syndrome.

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