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Immediate Versus Later Listing for Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Cirrhosis
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
Alcoholic cirrhosis is damage to the liver from heavy alcohol use. The condition sometimes improves when the patient stops drinking, but it can progress through several stages to end-stage liver disease. The stages of alcoholic cirrhosis are Child–Pugh stage …
