Myosteatosis independently predicts transplant-free survival in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) is a progressive cholestatic liver disease with liver transplantation (LT) as the only curative therapy. Some regions use body-weight-loss as standard-exception criteria for organ allocation but data on the impact of body composition on survival of patients with PSC is scarce.
Source: Digestive and Liver Disease - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract Source Type: research