Current Issue November 2011 | Vol. 15, No. 4
Current Topic
Liver Transplant: Reaching the Half CenturyCynthia Levy, MD, and Paul Martin, MD, Guest Editors
Although the pioneering efforts of Dr Tom Starzl in liver transplant date back to the early 1960s, liver transplantation has become such a critical element in the management of patients with liver disease that it is sobering to reflect that its widespread use is still relatively recent after a NIH Consensus Conference in 1983 endorsed liver transplantation in patients with advanced liver disease. Similarly, the Model for Endstage Liver Disease (MELD) has become common parlance for assessing the severity of liver disease, although it was adopted by the United Network for Organ Sharing for organ allocation within the last 10 years. The role of liver transplantation for a number of controversial indications has become better defined during the same period of time including cholangiocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and alcoholic liver disease. In this current issue of the Clinics in Liver Disease, with the aid of a distinguished group of authors, we provide an update on the current status of liver transplantation as it approaches the half century mark.
August 2011 May 2011 February 20112011 - Volume 15
Hepatitis C Direct Acting Antivirals: The New Standard of Care
Fred Poordad, MD, Guest Editor
Diagnosis and Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Status Quo and a Glimpse at the Future
Adrian Reuben, MBBS, FRCP, FACG, Guest Editor
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Diseases Involving Other Organ Systems
Ke-Qin Hu, MD, Guest Editor
