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ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS AND CRYPTOGENIC CHRONIC HEPATITIS IN CHILDREN1

Ron Bahar, George Yanni, Mart n G. Martin, Sue V. McDiarmid, Jorge H. Vargas, George Gershman, Melvin B. Heyman, Philip Rosenthal, James R. Tipton, Prathiba Nanjundiah,

Transplantation · 2001 · 35 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

AIH and CCH frequently necessitate OLT in children. CCH is a more aggressive disease than Type 1 AIH among children with these disorders. Ethnicity influences the rate of disease recurrence after liver transplantation.

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