Downgrading MELD Improves the Outcomes after Liver Transplantation in Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Hepatitis B Liver Failure

Qi Ling; Xiao Xu; Qiang Wei; Xiaoli Liu; Haijun Guo; Li Zhuang; Jiajia Chen; Qi Xia; Haiyang Xie; Jian Wu; Shusen Zheng; Lanjuan Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030322

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Downgrading MELD Improves the Outcomes after Liver Transplantation in Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Hepatitis B Liver Failure

Qi Ling ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qi Ling, Xiao Xu

Affiliation Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Xiao Xu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qi Ling, Xiao Xu

Affiliation Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Qiang Wei,

Affiliation Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Xiaoli Liu,

Affiliation State Key Lab for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Haijun Guo,

Affiliation Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Li Zhuang,

Affiliation Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Jiajia Chen,

Affiliation State Key Lab for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Qi Xia,

Affiliation State Key Lab for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Haiyang Xie,

Affiliation Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Jian Wu,

Affiliation Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Shusen Zheng ,

* E-mail: ljli@mail.hz.zj.cn (LL) (LL); zyzss@zju.edu.cn (SZ) (SZ)

Affiliation Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Lanjuan Li

* E-mail: ljli@mail.hz.zj.cn (LL) (LL); zyzss@zju.edu.cn (SZ) (SZ)
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Downgrading MELD Improves the Outcomes after Liver Transplantation in Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Hepatitis B Liver Failure

Qi Ling,
Xiao Xu,
Qiang Wei,
Xiaoli Liu,
Haijun Guo,
Li Zhuang,
Jiajia Chen,
Qi Xia,
Haiyang Xie,
Jian Wu

Published: January 24, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030322

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