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Exception Points and Body Size Contribute to Gender Disparity in Liver Transplantation.

Nephew LD, Goldberg DS, Lewis JD, Abt P, Bryan M, Forde KA

Published

March 10th, 2017

Appears In

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Abstract

Women are significantly less likely than men to receive a liver transplant and more likely to die on the waitlist. We investigated potential reasons for these disparities, including match run positioning and organ declines caused by small stature of female recipients.

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