Health and Medical Guide to Digestive System Liver Transplantation Health information topics about Liver Transplantation: Anatomy/Physiology 1. Organ Facts: Liver United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/OrganFacts/liver.aspx Children 1. When Will Your Child Need a Transplant? Children's Liver Association for Support Services http://www.classkids.org/library/when.htm 2. Coping with the Stressors of Transplant Children's Liver Association for Support Services http://www.classkids.org/library/worryless.htm 3. Development of Young Children Following Liver Tran Children's Liver Association for Support Services http://www.classkids.org/library/develop.htm 4. Liver Transplantation in Children Children's Liver Association for Support Services http://www.classkids.org/library/childtx.htm 5. Pediatric Liver and Transplant Questions Children's Liver Association for Support Services http://www.classkids.org/library/classqa.htm Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Liver Transplantation National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=%22liver+transplantation%22&r... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. About MELD (Model for End Stage Liver Disease) and United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.optn.org/resources/MeldPeldCalculator.asp?index=96 Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Transplantation Glossary National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/transplant/glossary.htm 2. Transplant Glossary United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/Community/glossary.aspx Directories 1. Member Directory United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.unos.org/members/search.asp National Institutes of Health 1. Liver Transplantation National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/livertransplant/index.htm 2. What I Need to Know about Liver Transplantation National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/livertransplant_ez/index.htm Organizations 1. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ 2. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearingho http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ 3. Children's Liver Association for Support Serv http://www.classkids.org/ 4. American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/ Overviews 1. During the Transplant: Liver United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/duringthetransplant/liver.aspx 2. Getting a New Liver: Facts about Liver Transplants American Society of Transplantation http://www.a-s-t.org/patient_education/english/PAT102691%20Liver.pdf 3. Liver Transplant American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def... Related Issues 1. Living with Devices: Liver Support Systems United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/beforethetransplant/devices/liversupport.as... 2. Living Donor Liver Transplant Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.org/liver-transplant/livingdonorlivertransplant.html Research 1. Pretreatment Increases Liver Transplant Survival i National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2003/niaaa-30.htm 2. U.S. Liver Transplant Programs Accept Patients wit American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZSKPTMOJC&sub_... Statistics 1. Organ Datasource: Liver Center Data Profile United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.optn.org/organDatasource/stateData.asp?type=state&mqsd=1&display... 2. Fast Facts about Transplants Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients http://www.ustransplant.org/csr_0105/facts.php   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! 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