Background Recently, chronic hepatitis E has been increasingly reported in organ
transplant recipients in European countries. In Japan, the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) …

Background and Aim Mac-2 Binding Protein Glycosylation Isomer (M2BPGi) is a novel fibrosis
marker. We examined the ability of M2BPGi to predict liver fibrosis in patients with biliary …

AIM: To assessed the clinical significance of protocol liver biopsy (PLB) in pediatric liver
transplantation (LT). METHODS: Between July 2008 and August 2012, 89 and 55 PLBs were …

A 12-year-old female patient with biliary atresia underwent living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).
Twelve months after the LDLT, she developed acute hepatitis (alanine …

In the field of pediatric living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), physicians sometimes must
reduce the volume of left lateral segment (LLS) grafts to prevent large‐for‐size syndrome. …

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt (CEPS) is a rare
venous malformation in which mesenteric venous blood drains directly into the systemic …

Bilioenteric anastomotic stricture after liver transplantation is still frequent and early
detection and treatment is important. We established the management using double‐balloon …

Niemann‐Pick disease type C (NPC) is a rare autosomal recessive inherited disease
characterized by lysosomal accumulation of free cholesterol in macrophages within multiple organs…

Previous studies have demonstrated the safety of ABO ‐incompatible pediatric LDLT using
preoperative plasmapheresis and rituximab; however, no reports have described the timing …

Background Hepatocellular nodules caused by congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts
(CEPS) occur as a result of abnormal portal blood flow, and are mostly cases of benign …