Liver transplantation for primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis: Predicting outcomes with natural history models

From: Mayo Clinic Proceedings | Date: June 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

In patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), risk score models that reflect disease severity have been developed and can serve as an objective measurement to assess and evaluate the effect of the severity of liver disease on the outcome of liver transplantation. Thus, using the established Mayo risk scores for PBC and PSC, one not only can estimate survival for the individual patient but can measure disease activity as well. Indeed, several studies have suggested that the optimal timing of liver transplantation with use of the Mayo PBC model may ...

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