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Biliary Infection, Pancreatic Infection and Microecology
The biliary tract system mainly transports bile secreted by hepatocytes and bile duct epithelial cells into the gut, and includes the intra-hepatic biliary tract and extra hepatic biliary tract. It starts from...
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Infectious Microecology in Solid-Organ Transplantation
Solid-organ transplantation is often the last alternative in many patients with end-stage organ disease. Liver, kidney, heart, and lung transplantation have became standard therapy for selected end-stage disea...
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Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Starzl performed the world’s first liver transplantation (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the United States in 1963. In the world’s first 7 LTs, 3 of them were performed for HCC patients. By now, the...