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  1. Addition of a Temporary Portocaval Shunt Does Not Reduce Acute Kidney Injury in Caval‐Sparing Liver Transplantation
  2. Performance of enhanced liver fibrosis test and indirect serum fibrosis markers for exclusion of advanced liver fibrosis in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
  3. Long-term maternal outcomes of pregnancy after orthotopic liver transplantation in the Netherlands: A retrospective multicenter cohort study
  4. Incidence and prevalence of primary biliary cholangitis in the Netherlands – a nationwide cohort study
  5. Autoimmune hepatitis displays distinctively high multi-antennary sialylation on plasma N-glycans compared to other liver diseases
  6. Prednisolone with azathioprine or mycophenolate mofetil as first-line therapy in autoimmune hepatitis: insights from a randomized controlled trial
  7. Incidence and predictors of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with autoimmune hepatitis
  8. Survival benefit from liver transplantation for patients with and without hepatocellular carcinoma
  9. Prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver in the general Dutch population and in groups at increased risk
  10. Skeletal muscle mass in patients with end-stage liver disease: Not only muscle size but especially muscle quality matters in relation to physical fitness
  11. Association between skeletal muscle index prior to liver transplantation and 1‐year mortality posttransplant
  12. Novel Explanted Human Liver Model to Assess Hepatic Extraction, Biliary Excretion and Transporter Function
  13. Randomized Trial of Ciclosporin with 2-h Monitoring vs. Tacrolimus with Trough Monitoring in Liver Transplantation: DELTA Study
  14. Role of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in liver transplantation for unresectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: multicentre, retrospective cohort study
  15. Epstein–Barr Viral Load Monitoring Strategy and the Risk for Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease in Adult Liver Transplantation
  16. Fibrosis-Related Gene Profiling in Liver Biopsies of PiZZ α1-Antitrypsin Children with Different Clinical Courses
  17. Defining the Value of Extracorporeal Liver Support in Acute and Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure
  18. Inflammatory conditions play a role in recurrence of PSC after liver transplantation: An international multicentre study
  19. Tacrolimus 4‐hour monitoring in liver transplant patients is non‐inferior to trough monitoring: The randomized controlled FK04 trial
  20. Left atrial dysfunction is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with cirrhosis treated by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
  21. Aminotransferases During Treatment Predict Long-Term Survival in Patients With Autoimmune Hepatitis Type 1: A Landmark Analysis
  22. B-cell activating factor and IL-21 levels predict treatment response in autoimmune hepatitis
  23. Calcineurin Inhibitors in the Treatment of Adult Autoimmune Hepatitis: A Systematic Review
  24. A multicentre outcome analysis to define global benchmarks for donation after circulatory death liver transplantation
  25. Development and validation of a dynamic survival prediction model for patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure
  26. Joint modeling of liver transplant candidates outperforms the model for end-stage liver disease: The effect of disease development over time on patient outcome
  27. The Netherlands Is on Track to Meet the World Health Organization Hepatitis C Elimination Targets by 2030
  28. Erratum to: Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment for Hepatitis C Genotypes Uncommon in High-Income Countries: A Dutch Nationwide Cohort Study
  29. Oncofetal protein CRIPTO regulates wound healing and fibrogenesis in regenerating liver and is associated with the initial stages of cardiac fibrosis
  30. Recurrence of primary sclerosing cholangitis after liver transplantation – analysing the European Liver Transplant Registry and beyond
  31. Development and validation of a prognostic score for long‐term transplant‐free survival in autoimmune hepatitis type 1
  32. Refitting the Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease for the Eurotransplant Region
  33. Population pharmacokinetics and genetics of oral meltdose tacrolimus (Envarsus) in stable adult liver transplant recipients
  34. Hypothermic Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplantation — A Randomized Trial
  35. Both muscle quantity and quality are predictors of waiting list mortality in patients with end-stage liver disease
  36. Checkpoint inhibitor induced hepatitis and the relation with liver metastasis and outcome in advanced melanoma patients
  37. The role of the model for end-stage liver disease-sodium score and joint models for 90-day mortality prediction in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure
  38. Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment for Hepatitis C Genotypes Uncommon in High-Income Countries: A Dutch Nationwide Cohort Study
  39. Budget impact of optimizing rifaximin-α use for the prevention of recurrent hepatic encephalopathy in The Netherlands
  40. Invited response to “MELD calibration”
  41. Validation of the Model for End-stage Liver Disease sodium (MELD-Na) score in the Eurotransplant region
  42. Donor diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for diminished outcome after liver transplantation: a nationwide retrospective cohort study
  43. Early Predictors of Short‐Term Prognosis in Acute and Acute Severe Autoimmune Hepatitis
  44. Evaluation of Liver Graft Donation After Euthanasia
  45. mTOR Inhibition Is Most Beneficial After Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Active Tumors
  46. Editorial: genome‐wide association studies for developing chronic hepatitis B
  47. Screening for abnormal glycosylation in a cohort of adult liver disease patients
  48. Donor hepatectomy time influences ischemia-reperfusion injury of the biliary tree in donation after circulatory death liver transplantation
  49. High discontinuation rate of azathioprine in autoimmune hepatitis, independent of time of treatment initiation
  50. Rapid Response to Treatment of Autoimmune Hepatitis Associated With Remission at 6 and 12 Months
  51. The role of complement activation in autoimmune liver disease
  52. HCC recurrence in HCV‐infected patients after liver transplantation: SiLVER Study reveals benefits of sirolimus in combination with CNIs – a post‐hoc analysis
  53. Does mucosal inflammation drive recurrence of primary sclerosing cholangitis in liver transplantion recipients with ulcerative colitis?
  54. Selected liver grafts from donation after circulatory death can be safely used for retransplantation – a multicenter retrospective study
  55. Liver retransplantation in adult recipients: analysis of a 38‐year experience in the Netherlands
  56. Adverse events related to low dose corticosteroids in autoimmune hepatitis
  57. Efficacy, Tolerance, and Plasma Levels of Abiraterone and Its Main Metabolites in a Patient With Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer With a Hepatic Transplant
  58. Impact of Temporary Portocaval Shunting and Initial Arterial Reperfusion in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
  59. Predniso(lo)ne Dosage and Chance of Remission in Patients With Autoimmune Hepatitis
  60. Comment on “The role of graft reperfusion sequence in the development of non-anastomotic biliary strictures following orthotopic liver transplantation: A meta-analysis”
  61. Local but not systemic administration of mesenchymal stromal cells ameliorates fibrogenesis in regenerating livers
  62. Outcome of Liver Transplant Patients With High Urgent Priority: Are We Doing the Right Thing?
  63. Prognostic Importance of Increased Right Ventricular Afterload in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Recipients With Endstage Cirrhosis
  64. The role of proportionate kinetic growth rate fraction in future remnant liver function over volume determined by 99mTc-Mebrofenin hepatobiliary scintigraphy including SPECT and computed tomography in the risk prediction of postoperative mortality in A...
  65. Predictive Capacity of Risk Models in Liver Transplantation
  66. Increased Mortality Among Patients With vs Without Cirrhosis and Autoimmune Hepatitis
  67. Study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of end-ischemic dual hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion with static cold storage in preventing non-anastomotic biliary strictures after transplantation of liver ...
  68. 8 weeks of sofosbuvir/ledipasvir is effective in DAA-naive non-cirrhotic HCV genotype 4 infected patients (HEPNED-001 study)
  69. Systematic review with meta‐analysis: risk factors for recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis after liver transplantation
  70. Optimizing the Use of Geriatric Livers for Transplantation in the Eurotransplant Region
  71. Association Between Black Race and Presentation and Liver-related Outcomes of Patients With Autoimmune Hepatitis
  72. Mesenchymal stromal cells prevent progression of liver fibrosis in a novel zebrafish embryo model
  73. Impact of hepatic encephalopathy on liver transplant waiting list mortality in regions with different transplantation rates
  74. Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial
  75. Utilizing Mechanistic Biomarkers in Treating Paracetamol Hepatotoxicity
  76. Identification and Validation of the Predictive Capacity of Risk Factors and Models in Liver Transplantation Over Time
  77. The One Health stewardship of colistin as an antibiotic of last resort for human health in South Africa
  78. Role of age in presentation, response to therapy and outcome of autoimmune hepatitis
  79. CRIPTO it in Hepatocellular Carcinoma results in this cancer being more aggressive.
  80. A model including sarcopenia surpasses the MELD score in predicting waiting list mortality in cirrhotic liver transplant candidates: A competing risk analysis in a national cohort
  81. The center effect in liver transplantation in the Eurotransplant region: a retrospective database analysis
  82. Trajectories of Anxiety and Depression After Liver Transplantation as Related to Outcomes During 2-Year Follow-Up
  83. DSA associated with graft loss but not to biliary strictures after liver transplantation
  84. Current policy for allocation of donor livers in the Netherlands advantages primary sclerosing cholangitis patients on the liver transplantation waiting list-a retrospective study
  85. Copeptin in acute decompensation of liver cirrhosis: relationship with acute-on-chronic liver failure and short-term survival
  86. Urokinase is safe but does not improve outcome of DCD liver transplantation
  87. Genetic association analysis identifies variants associated with disease progression in primary sclerosing cholangitis
  88. Fibrates for the treatment of cholestatic itch (FITCH): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
  89. Safety of Anti-TNF Treatment in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  90. Trajectories of anxiety and depression in liver transplant candidates during the waiting-list period
  91. Short article: Impact of genetic variation in the vasopressin 1a receptor on the development of organ failure in patients admitted for acute decompensation of liver cirrhosis
  92. A prospective cohort study on posttraumatic stress disorder in liver transplantation recipients before and after transplantation: Prevalence, symptom occurrence, and intrusive memories
  93. Hemodynamic response to primary prophylactic therapy with nonselective β-blockers is related to a reduction of first variceal bleeding risk in liver cirrhosis: a meta-analysis
  94. Expert clinical management of autoimmune hepatitis in the real world
  95. Liver test abnormalities predict complicated disease behaviour in patients with newly diagnosed Crohn’s disease
  96. Plasma copeptin as biomarker of disease progression and prognosis in cirrhosis
  97. Limited Generalizability of Registration Trials in Hepatitis C: A Nationwide Cohort Study
  98. Longterm results of liver transplantation from donation after circulatory death
  99. Ledipasvir and sofosbuvir plus ribavirin in patients with genotype 1 or 4 hepatitis C virus infection and advanced liver disease: a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial
  100. Pharmacokinetics, Efficacy, and Safety of Hepatitis C Virus Drugs in Patients with Liver and/or Renal Impairment
  101. Effects of preventive versus “on-demand” nutritional support on paid labour productivity, physical exercise and performance status during PEG-interferon-containing treatment for hepatitis C
  102. Flushing the liver with urokinase before transplantation does not prevent nonanastomotic biliary strictures
  103. Response: Limited sampling strategies for once daily tacrolimus exposure monitoring
  104. Sirolimus Use in Liver Transplant Recipients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  105. Covered transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt versus endoscopic therapy + β‐blocker for prevention of variceal rebleeding
  106. Copeptin is an independent prognostic factor for transplant‐free survival in cirrhosis
  107. Combined effect of donor and recipient risk on outcome after liver transplantation: Research of the Eurotransplant database
  108. Value of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in Assessment of Nonanastomotic Biliary Strictures After Liver Transplantation
  109. Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics of once daily tacrolimus formulation in stable liver transplant recipients
  110. Auxiliary or orthotopic liver transplantation for acute fatty liver of pregnancy: case series and review of the literature
  111. Copeptin as an Indicator of Hemodynamic Derangement and Prognosis in Liver Cirrhosis
  112. Elderly donor liver grafts are not associated with a higher incidence of biliary complications after liver transplantation: results of a national multicenter study
  113. Biliary Complications After Liver Transplantation From Donation After Cardiac Death Donors
  114. High peak alanine aminotransferase determines extra risk for nonanastomotic biliary strictures after liver transplantation with donation after circulatory death
  115. HLA-DRB1*03:01 and HLA-DRB1*04:01 modify the presentation and outcome in autoimmune hepatitis type-1
  116. No Association Between BMD and Prevalent Vertebral Fractures in Liver Transplant Recipients at Time of Screening Before Transplantation
  117. Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of autoimmune hepatitis in the Netherlands
  118. Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Variants Associated With Autoimmune Hepatitis Type 1
  119. Longitudinal Changes in BMD and Fracture Risk in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Recipients Not Using Bone-Modifying Treatment
  120. Gastric Variceal Hemorrhage in a Noncirrhotic Patient Treated with Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration
  121. Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin in HCV Genotypes 2 and 3
  122. Limited Sampling Model for Advanced Mycophenolic Acid Therapeutic Drug Monitoring After Liver Transplantation
  123. Population-based epidemiology, malignancy risk, and outcome of primary sclerosing cholangitis
  124. Nucleoside plus nucleotide analogs and cessation of hepatitis B immunoglobulin after liver transplantation in chronic hepatitis B is safe and effective
  125. Recipient’s Genetic R702W NOD2 Variant Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Bacterial Infections after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
  126. MMP-2 is a disease-modifying gene in primary sclerosing cholangitis
  127. Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Antigen–4 +49A/G polymorphism does not affect susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis
  128. Acute Cellular Rejection Is Associated With Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Genotype Chimerism After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
  129. The price of donation after cardiac death in liver transplantation: a prospective cost-effectiveness study
  130. Relapse is almost universal after withdrawal of immunosuppressive medication in patients with autoimmune hepatitis in remission
  131. Preventive versus “on-demand” nutritional support during antiviral treatment for hepatitis C: A randomized controlled trial
  132. Transarterial RAdioembolization versus ChemoEmbolization for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (TRACE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
  133. Liver transplantation for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in normal livers
  134. Acute liver failure, multiorgan failure, cerebral oedema, and activation of proangiogenic and antiangiogenic factors in a case of Marburg haemorrhagic fever
  135. Sequential Liver Chemistry Profiling and Abdominal Ultrasound Assessments to Predict Biliary Strictures after Liver Transplantation
  136. Sirolimus Conversion Regimen Versus Continued Calcineurin Inhibitors in Liver Allograft Recipients: A Randomized Trial
  137. Risk factors for infection after liver transplantation
  138. Bacterial infections in cirrhosis: role of proton pump inhibitors and intestinal permeability
  139. Protein energy malnutrition predicts complications in liver cirrhosis
  140. Mannose-binding lectin and Ficolin-2 gene polymorphisms predispose to cytomegalovirus (re)infection after orthotopic liver transplantation
  141. Mycophenolate mofetil for patients with autoimmune hepatitis and overlap syndromes: authors’ reply
  142. Telaprevir for Retreatment of HCV Infection
  143. The role of mycophenolate mofetil in the management of autoimmune hepatitis and overlap syndromes
  144. Use of a liver from donor after cardiac death: is it appropriate for the sick or the stable?
  145. Clinical value of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy as a screening tool in liver transplant candidates
  146. Matrix metalloproteinase 2 genotype is associated with nonanastomotic biliary strictures after orthotopic liver transplantation
  147. Chewing khat and chronic liver disease
  148. Two Patients with Extremely Elevated Tumor Markers: Where Is the Malignancy?
  149. Patients with isolated polycystic liver disease referred to liver centres: clinical characterization of 137 cases
  150. Trends in liver transplantation for primary biliary cirrhosis in the Netherlands 1988-2008
  151. Authors' reply: Similar liver transplantation survival with selected cardiac death donors and brain death donors (Br J Surg 2010; 97; 744–753)
  152. No beneficial effects of amantadine in treatment of chronic hepatitis C patients
  153. Lectin complement pathway gene profile of donor and recipient determine the risk of bacterial infections after orthotopic liver transplantation
  154. A prospective randomised, open-labeled, trial comparing sirolimus-containing versus mTOR-inhibitor-free immunosuppression in patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma
  155. Similar liver transplantation survival with selected cardiac death donors and brain death donors
  156. Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Patients With Chronic Portal Vein Occlusion and Cavernous Transformation
  157. Toward MSC in Solid Organ Transplantation: 2008 Position Paper of the MISOT Study Group
  158. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies in Small-Duct Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
  159. Predicting survival after liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma beyond the Milan criteria: a retrospective, exploratory analysis
  160. Flexible Limited Sampling Model for Monitoring Tacrolimus in Stable Patients Having Undergone Liver Transplantation With Samples 4 to 6 Hours After Dosing Is Superior to Trough Concentration
  161. Reuse of Auxiliary Liver Grafts in Second Recipients With Chronic Liver Disease
  162. Individualized population pharmacokinetic model with limited sampling for cyclosporine monitoring after liver transplantation in clinical practice
  163. ?-Glutamyltransferase and rapid virological response as predictors of successful treatment with experimental or standard peginterferon-?-2b in chronic hepatitis C non-responders
  164. Genetic variation in thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is associated with the risk of splanchnic vein thrombosis
  165. Liver Chimerism After Allogeneic Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
  166. A Novel Technique for Auxiliary Partial Liver Transplantation With Reno-Portal Anastomosis and Avoidance of the Hepatoduodenal Ligament
  167. Reply to Rijnders
  168. Successful Treatment of Legionella maceachernii Pneumonia after Diagnosis by Polymerase Chain Reaction and Culture
  169. Mannose-Binding Lectin and Liver Transplantation
  170. Mannose Binding Lectin Gene Polymorphisms Confer a Major Risk for Severe Infections After Liver Transplantation
  171. Preanalytical Conditions and Circulating Matrix Metalloproteinases
  172. Easy‐to‐use, accurate and flexible individualized Bayesian limited sampling method without fixed time points for ciclosporin monitoring after liver transplantation
  173. Military Explosives and Health: Organic Energetic Compound Syndrome?
  174. ASSESSMENT OF SERUM MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES MMP-2 AND MMP-9 AFTER HUMAN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: INCREASED SERUM MMP-9 LEVEL IN ACUTE REJECTION
  175. Switching monitoring of emulsified cyclosporine from trough level to 2-hour level in stable liver transplant patients
  176. Plasma MMP–2 and MMP–9 and their inhibitors TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 during human orthotopic liver transplantation
  177. Determinants of survival and the effect of portosystemic shunting in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome
  178. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a brief review
  179. Serum matrix metalloproteinase MMP-2 and MMP-9 in the late phase of ischemia and reperfusion injury in human orthotopic liver transplantation
  180. Retreatment of hepatitis C non-responsive to Interferon. A placebo controlled randomized trial of Ribavirin monotherapy versus combination therapy with Ribavirin and Interferon in 121 patients in the Benelux [ISRCTN53821378]
  181. Extensive chimerism in liver transplants: Vascular endothelium, bile duct epithelium, and hepatocytes
  182. Assessment of the clinical significance of serum matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 in patients with various chronic liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma
  183. Extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis: aetiology and determinants of survival
  184. The prognostic value of histology in the assessment of patients with Budd–Chiari syndrome
  185. Monitoring response during a randomised controlled trial of escalating interferon dose for chronic hepatitis C infection: predictive value of quantitative and qualitative HCV RNA assays
  186. SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME WITH A ???QUINTUPLE APPROACH??? OF POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER
  187. Hepatocellular carcinoma in glycogen storage disease type IV
  188. Hemolytic anemia, ARDS and acute liver failure as acute presentation of Wilson disease, cured by liver transplantation
  189. Liver Rupture after Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization of a Giant Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  190. Auxiliary versus orthotopic liver transplantation for acute liver failure
  191. Factor V Leiden mutation, prothrombin gene mutation and deficiencies in coagulation inhibitors associated with Budd-Chiari syndrome and portal vein thrombosis
  192. Famcyclovir followed with interferon for chronic active hepatitis B resistant to interferon alone
  193. Gravesʼ hyperthyroidism in a patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Coincidence or combined pathogenesis?
  194. Campylobacter jejuni peritonitis in a patient with liver cirrhosis
  195. The spectrum of liver disease in systemic lupus erythematosus
  196. Auxiliary liver transplantation: Regeneration of the native liver and outcome in 30 patients with fulminant hepatic failure-a multicenter European study
  197. LONG-TERM TREATMENT OF RECURRENT PERIHILAR NONANASTOMATIC BILIARY STRICTURES AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION WITH EXPANDABLE METALLIC STENTS
  198. Temporary heterotopic auxiliary liver transplantation for fulminant hepatitis B
  199. Inadvertent arteriovenous stenting during transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure and the importance of hepatic artery perfusion
  200. Energy expenditure and substrate metabolism in patients with cirrhosis of the liver: effects of the pattern of food intake.
  201. The Role of Portosystemic Shunts for Variceal Bleeding in the Liver Transplantation Era
  202. Syphilis in pregnant patients and their offspring
  203. Habitual pattern of food intake in patients with liver disease
  204. Hepatic Allograft Rejection: New Developments in Terminology, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment
  205. Prognostic features and role of liver transplantation in severe corticosteroid-treated autoimmune chronic active hepatitis
  206. Severe Ductopenic Rejection Following Liver Transplantation: Incidence, Time of Onset, Risk Factors, Treatment, and Outcome
  207. Current concepts in cell-mediated hepatic allograft rejection leading to ductopenia and liver failure
  208. The immunology of hepatic allograft rejection
  209. Indomethacin treatment in a patient with lithium-induced polyuria