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Stem Cell Therapy in Liver Disease

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Cirrhosis, the end result of long term liver damage, has long been an important cause of death in UK. The data from Chief Medical Officer in 2001 showed following trends [1]. Over 4,000 people died from the disease in the last year of the 20th Century, two thirds of them before their 65th birthday. Cirrhosis of the liver is an important cause of illness and death. In 2000 it killed more men than Parkinson’s disease and more women than cancer of the cervix. Large rises in death rates from chronic liver disease and cirrhosis have occurred in most age groups. The rise in deaths from cirrhosis amongst younger people is of particular concern where binge-drinking patterns appear to be common. In 2000 cirrhosis accounted for nearly 500 deaths in men aged 25–44 years and nearly 300 deaths in women of this age group [1]

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    M. Pai MS, MSc, DIC, MRCS (Specialist Registrar)

  2. Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

    N. A. Habib ChM, FRCS (Professor of Surgery, Head of Liver and Pancreas Surgery)

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  1. 2nd Surgical Department and Surgical Oncology Unit, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece

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  2. Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, University Clinic Essen, Germany

    Christoph E. Broelsch MD, FACS (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  3. Hepatobiliary Surgery, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

    Nagy A. Habib ChM, FRCS (Professor) (Professor)

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Pai, M., Habib, N.A. (2006). Stem Cell Therapy in Liver Disease. In: Karaliotas, C.C., Broelsch, C.E., Habib, N.A. (eds) Liver and Biliary Tract Surgery. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-49277-2_38

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