Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Am J Gastroenterol. 2018 Nov;113(11):1588-1589. doi: 10.1038/s41395-018-0373-4. Epub 2018 Oct 23.
With highly effective cures for hepatitis C and rising rates of metabolic disease in the United States, the composition of the liver transplant candidate pool has been changing over the past decade. In their report, Noureddin et al., characterize the latest trends with a focus on gender and ethnic differences. Novel gender and ethnic trends were found including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis as the current leading indication for waitlist registration and liver transplantation in females.
随着丙型肝炎的高效治疗方法和美国代谢性疾病发病率的上升，过去十年来，肝移植候选人群的构成一直在发生变化。在他们的报告中，Noureddin 等人描述了最新的趋势，重点关注性别和种族差异。他们发现了一些新的性别和种族趋势，包括非酒精性脂肪性肝炎成为女性登记等待肝移植的当前主要指征。
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