Liver Transplantation

Anatomy/Physiology

1.	Organ Facts: Liver United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/OrganFacts/liver.aspx

Children

1.	When Will Your Child Need a Transplant? Children's Liver Association for Support Services http://www.classkids.org/library/when.htm




2.	Coping with the Stressors of Transplant Children's Liver Association for Support Services http://www.classkids.org/library/worryless.htm




3.	Development of Young Children Following Liver Tran Children's Liver Association for Support Services http://www.classkids.org/library/develop.htm




4.	Liver Transplantation in Children Children's Liver Association for Support Services http://www.classkids.org/library/childtx.htm




5.	Pediatric Liver and Transplant Questions Children's Liver Association for Support Services http://www.classkids.org/library/classqa.htm

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Liver Transplantation National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=%22liver+transplantation%22&r...

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	About MELD (Model for End Stage Liver Disease) and United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.optn.org/resources/MeldPeldCalculator.asp?index=96

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Transplantation Glossary National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/transplant/glossary.htm




2.	Transplant Glossary United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/Community/glossary.aspx

Directories

1.	Member Directory United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.unos.org/members/search.asp

National Institutes of Health

1.	Liver Transplantation National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/livertransplant/index.htm




2.	What I Need to Know about Liver Transplantation National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/livertransplant_ez/index.htm

Organizations

1.	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/




2.	National Digestive Diseases Information Clearingho http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/




3.	Children's Liver Association for Support Serv http://www.classkids.org/




4.	American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/

Overviews

1.	During the Transplant: Liver United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/duringthetransplant/liver.aspx




2.	Getting a New Liver: Facts about Liver Transplants American Society of Transplantation http://www.a-s-t.org/patient_education/english/PAT102691%20Liver.pdf




3.	Liver Transplant American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def...

Related Issues

1.	Living with Devices: Liver Support Systems United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/beforethetransplant/devices/liversupport.as...




2.	Living Donor Liver Transplant Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.org/liver-transplant/livingdonorlivertransplant.html

Research

1.	Pretreatment Increases Liver Transplant Survival i National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2003/niaaa-30.htm




2.	U.S. Liver Transplant Programs Accept Patients wit American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZSKPTMOJC&sub_...

Statistics

1.	Organ Datasource: Liver Center Data Profile United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.optn.org/organDatasource/stateData.asp?type=state&mqsd=1&display...




2.	Fast Facts about Transplants Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients http://www.ustransplant.org/csr_0105/facts.php