Transplantation of liver

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MSH: The transference of a part of or an entire liver from one human or animal to another.,CSP: transference of the liver within an individual, between individuals of the same species, or between individuals of different species.,MEDLINEPLUS: <p>Your liver helps fight infections and cleans your blood. It also helps digest food and stores energy for when you need it. You cannot live without a liver that works. If your liver fails, your doctor may put you on a waiting list for a liver transplant. Doctors do liver transplants when other treatments cannot keep a damaged liver working.</p><p>During a liver transplantation, the surgeon removes the diseased liver and replaces it with a healthy one. Most transplant livers come from a donor who has died. Sometimes a healthy person donates part of his or her liver for a specific patient. In this case the donor is called a living donor. The most common reason for transplantation in adults is <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cirrhosis.html'>cirrhosis</a>. This

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