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Outcomes after living donor liver transplantation for acute liver failure in Japan: Results of a nationwide survey †‡

  1. Noriyo Yamashiki1,3,
  2. Yasuhiko Sugawara2,3,§,*,
  3. Sumihito Tamura3,
  4. Nobuaki Nakayama4,
  5. Makoto Oketani5,
  6. Koji Umeshita6,7,
  7. Shinji Uemoto7,8,
  8. Satoshi Mochida4,
  9. Hirohito Tsubouchi5,
  10. Norihiro Kokudo2,3

Article first published online: 27 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1002/lt.23469

Issue

Liver Transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volume 18, Issue 9, pages 1069–1077, September 2012

Additional Information

How to Cite

Yamashiki, N., Sugawara, Y., Tamura, S., Nakayama, N., Oketani, M., Umeshita, K., Uemoto, S., Mochida, S., Tsubouchi, H. and Kokudo, N. (2012), Outcomes after living donor liver transplantation for acute liver failure in Japan: Results of a nationwide survey . Liver Transpl, 18: 1069–1077. doi: 10.1002/lt.23469

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  2. 2

    Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  3. 3

    Organ Transplantation Service, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  4. 4

    Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan

  5. 5

    Department of Digestive and Lifestyle-Related Disease, Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

  6. 6

    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

  7. 7

    Japanese Liver Transplantation Society, Osaka, Japan

  8. 8

    Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  1. §

    Telephone: 81-3-3815-5411; FAX: 81-3-5684-3989

*Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan 113-8655

  1. †

    This study was supported in part by grants-in-aid from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare to the Study Group of Intractable Hepatobiliary Diseases. Noriyo Yamashiki, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Sumihito Tamura, and Norihiro Kokudo were supported by a grant-in-aid for scientific research from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology and by grants-in-aid for research on human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome and on measures for intractable diseases from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare.

  2. ‡

    See Editorial on Page 1005

  3. §

    Telephone: 81-3-3815-5411; FAX: 81-3-5684-3989

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 AUG 2012
  2. Article first published online: 27 AUG 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 11 MAY 2012 04:39AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 4 MAY 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 15 FEB 2012

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