Liver transplantation for acute and chronic viral hepatitis.
Hepatotrophic viruses are responsible for a substantial proportion of cases of both end-stage chronic liver disease and of acute liver failure which are treated by liver transplantation. We review here current practice in transplantation for viral-induced liver disease addressing, in particular, the selection of patients for transplantation and the increasingly recognized problem of recurrent disease in liver grafts.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation