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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2014; 20(18): 5363-5374
Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5363
Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5363
Table 2 Current main indications for liver transplantation
| Category | Disease |
| Acute liver failure | Acute hepatitis A |
| Acute hepatitis B | |
| Drug/toxin hepatotoxicity | |
| Cirrhosis from chronic liver diseases | Chronic hepatitis C virus |
| Chronic hepatitis B virus | |
| Alcoholic liver disease | |
| Autoimmune hepatitis | |
| Cryptogenic liver disease | |
| Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis | |
| Secondary biliary cirrhosis | |
| Metabolic disorders | Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency |
| Hereditary haemochromatosis | |
| Wilson’s disease | |
| Glycogen-storage disorders | |
| Type 1 hyperoxaluria | |
| Familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia | |
| Malignancies | Primary hepatic cancer: hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma |
| Metastatic: carcinoid tumours and islet cell tumours | |
| Miscellaneous | Polycystic liver disease |
| Budd-Chiari syndrome |
- Citation: Song ATW, Avelino-Silva VI, Pecora RAA, Pugliese V, D’Albuquerque LAC, Abdala E. Liver transplantation: Fifty years of experience. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(18): 5363-5374
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i18/5363.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5363