UK HIV liver transplant guidelines published.Guidelines for Liver Transplantation Liver Transplantation Definition Liver transplantation is a surgery that removes a diseased liver and replace it with a healthy donor liver. Purpose The liver is the body's principle chemical factory. in Patients with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. Infection, a 12-page document developed by the British HIV Association and the UK and Ireland Liver Transplantation Centres. was published in April 2005. In the past patients with HIV were almost always excluded, but now about 200 have received liver transplants worldwide, and the UK guidelines make it clear that transplants are appropriate for many patients. A brief summary of the guidelines was published by Aidsmap, http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/2DOF See depth of field and 6DOF. DOF - degrees of freedom 99CE-3D4040D3-8E5A-B A-B Air-Britain (UK-based aviation historical society) A-B Research Centre Applied Biocatalysis (Graz, Austria) 66FC162AF3A.asp The guidelines themselves are available for download at http://www.bhiva.org/guidelines/2005/liver/ |
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