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Letter
Transplantation for alcoholic liver disease
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Alcohol relapse can negatively influence the outcome after liver transplantation and factors that could be associated with the recurrence of harmful alcohol consumption after liver transplantation are still poorly described. We recently presented the results of a study1 dealing with this issue in a large cohort of patients transplanted for alcoholic liver disease. Our findings are in accordance with the observations by O’Grady in a recent leading article in Gut,2 but expand to some novel aspects, which we would like to focus on.
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Competing interests: None.