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Women Given Liver Transplants Outlive Male Recipients By Around 4 Years

09-29-2006 · ScienceDaily

Female liver transplant recipients outlive men given the same procedure by an average of 4.5 years, suggests research published ahead of print in Gut. And while younger people tend to live longest of all, they also stand to lose more years of their life compared with those who have not had liver transplants, the research shows.

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