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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Transpl. 1987:43–49.

Table 1.

Major indications for liver transplantation.

Indication Pediatric Adult Total
Cirrhosis 40 (12.0%) 282 (42.3%) 322 (32.2%)
Biliary Atresia 178 (53.3%) 1 (0.2%) 179 (17.9%)
Primary biliary cirrhosis 0 161 (24.2%) 161 (16.1%)
Inborn errors 63 (18.9%) 35 (5.3%) 98 (9.8%)
Sclerosing cholangitis 1 (0.3%) 81 (12.2%) 82 (8.2%)
Primary liver tumors 4 (1.2%) 38 (5.7%) 42 (4.2%)
Fulminant hepatic failure 13 (3.9%) 27 (4.1%) 40 (4.0%)
Secondary biliary cirrhosis 7 (2.1%) 13 (2.0%) 20 (2.0%)
Familial cholestasis 15 (4.5%) 0 15 (1.5%)
Budd-Chiari syndrome 2 (0.6%) 13 (2.0%) 15 (1.5%)
Congenital hepatic fibrosis 7 (2.1%) 1 (0.2%) 8 (0.8%)