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Estimates of Early Death, Acute Liver Failure, and Long-term Mortality Among Live Liver Donors
The risk of early death among live liver donors in the United States is 1.7 per 1000 donors. Mortality of live liver donors does not differ from that of healthy, matched individuals over a mean of 7.6 years
Clinical—Liver: Gastroenterology
February 2012 Volume 142, Issue 2
From Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Factors Related to Fatigue in Patients With Cirrhosis Before and After Liver Transplantation
Fatigue is common among patients with cirrhosis and associated with impaired quality of life. Psychological distress, severity of cirrhosis, and low levels of cortisol determine general fatigue, whereas anemia and impaired renal function also contribute to physical fatigue. Physical fatigue remains of concern for patients who have received liver transplants for cirrhosis.
Original Articles—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
February 2012 Volume 10, Issue 2

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Can Patients With Crohn’s Disease Ever Stop Taking Infliximab?

Half of patients with Crohn’s disease treated with infliximab experience a relapse within the first year after they stop taking the drug, according to a study published in the January issue of Gastroenterology.

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Maintenance of Remission Among Patients With Crohn's Disease on Antimetabolite Therapy Following Infliximab Therapy - January 2012

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Dr. David Ahlquist discusses his manuscript "Next-Generation Stool DNA Test Accurately Detects Colorectal Cancer and Large Adenomas."