Fourteen Years of Experience of Liver Transplantation for Wilson's Disease; a Report on 107 Cases from Shiraz, Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Liver transplantation is a potential cure for liver damage from Wilson's disease but the course of neuropsychiatric manifestations after transplantation remains undetermined.

Material and methods

In this study, data on all patients who'd received a liver transplant for Wilson's disease at the Shiraz Organ Transplantation Center between December 2000 and March 2014 were reviewed and compared to data on a control group who'd received a liver transplant over the same period but due to other causes.

Results

Out of 2198 patients who'd received a liver transplant in the period; 107 patients were diagnosed with Wilson's disease (21 with fulminant hepatic failure); age of patient ranged from 5 to 59 years; 56.07% of patients in this series had some type of

SUBMITTER: Lankarani KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5145205 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature