Efficacy of Liver Transplantation in Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- 29 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 320 (26), 1709-1713
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198906293202602
Abstract
No controlled trials have been performed to assess the efficacy of liver transplantation. Because of the marked improvement in survival after liver transplantation since 1981, random assignment of patients to a control group not undergoing transplantation is considered clinically inappropriate.Keywords
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