Increased Frequency of Heterozygous Alpha‐1‐Antitrypsin Deficiency in Liver Explants From Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Patients

Gregory Cheeney, Lincoln J. Pac, Purva Gopal, Charles S. Landis, Eric Q. Konnick, Paul E. Swanson, Dina N. Greene, Christina M. Lockwood, Maria Westerhoff – 9 October 2019 – Cirrhotic explanted livers occasionally have unexpected periodic acid–Schiff‐diastase (PASD)–positive globules within the hepatocyte cytoplasm. It is often unclear whether this finding is a nonspecific consequence of cirrhosis or is indicative of an underlying alpha‐1‐antitrypsin deficiency (A1ATD) contributing to the cirrhosis.

Improved National Results With Simultaneous Liver‐Kidney Transplantation Using Donation After Circulatory Death Donors

Kristopher P. Croome, Shennen Mao, Liu Yang, Surakit Pungpapong, Hani M. Wadei, C. Burcin Taner – 9 October 2019 – Previous large registry studies have demonstrated inferior outcomes for simultaneous liver‐kidney transplantation (SLKT) recipients of grafts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors compared with those from donation after brain death (DBD) donors in the era from 2000 to 2010.

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Hannah S. J. Choi, Willem P. Brouwer, Bettina E. Hansen, Harry L. A. Janssen, Keyur Patel – 8 October 2019

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