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Live-donor allograft decreases risk of acute kidney injury post-liver transplant
« on: September 18, 2015, 11:26:22 AM »
http://www.healio.com/hepatology/transplantation/news/online/%7Be171bf96-30ad-4692-bbdc-6eaf0edee94e%7D/live-donor-allograft-decreases-risk-of-acute-kidney-injury-post-liver-transplant
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Live-donor allograft decreases risk of acute kidney injury post-liver transplant

Hilmi IA, et al. Liver Transpl. 2015;doi:10.1002/lt.24166.
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lt.24166/abstract


[/size]Researchers from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center found that liver transplant recipients of a living donor liver allograft had reduced odds of acute kidney injury at 72 hours post-transplant, according to published findings.

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