Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 159-164, January 2010

MELD Score Is an Important Predictor of Pretransplantation Mortality in HIV-Infected Liver Transplant Candidates

  • Aruna Subramanian

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    • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Aruna Subramanian, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Room 450D, Baltimore, Maryland 21287. fax: (410) 614-8488
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  • Mark Sulkowski

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Burc Barin

      Affiliations

    • Emmes Corporation, Rockville, Maryland
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  • Donald Stablein

      Affiliations

    • Emmes Corporation, Rockville, Maryland
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  • Michael Curry

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Nicholas Nissen

      Affiliations

    • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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  • Lorna Dove

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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  • Michelle Roland

      Affiliations

    • California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, California
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  • Sander Florman

      Affiliations

    • Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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  • Emily Blumberg

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylania
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  • Valentina Stosor

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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  • D.T. Jayaweera

      Affiliations

    • University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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  • Shirish Huprikar

      Affiliations

    • Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, New York
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  • John Fung

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Timothy Pruett

      Affiliations

    • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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  • Peter Stock

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • Margaret Ragni

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Received 17 April 2009; accepted 23 September 2009. published online 05 October 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by NIAID Grant U01 A1052748 (to P.S.) and R01 DA016065 (to M.S.S.). On behalf of Solid Organ Transplantation in HIV: Multi-Site Study (HIVTR) Investigators.

PII: S0016-5085(09)01748-X

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.09.053

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 159-164, January 2010

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