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Healthy donor faecal transplant for corticosteroid non-responsive severe alcoholic hepatitis

Healthy donor faecal transplant for corticosteroid non-responsive severe alcoholic hepatitis

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Healthy donor faecal transplant for corticosteroid non-responsive severe alcoholic hepatitis

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Full title

Healthy donor faecal transplant for corticosteroid non-responsive severe alcoholic hepatitis

Publisher

England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD

Journal title

BMJ case reports, 2017-11, Vol.2017, p.bcr-2017-222310

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH) have high mortality in the presence of steroid unresponsiveness in the absence of clear treatment recommendations. Liver transplantation is the curative option in such cases but is controversial in the wake of severe infections, post-transplant recidivism and long waiting on deceased donor listing. Ani...

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Full title

Healthy donor faecal transplant for corticosteroid non-responsive severe alcoholic hepatitis

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5695424

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5695424

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ISSN

1757-790X

E-ISSN

1757-790X

DOI

10.1136/bcr-2017-222310

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