Meeting report of the International Liver Transplantation Society's 18th annual international congress: Hilton San Francisco Hotel, San Francisco, CA, May 16-19, 2012

Liver Transpl. 2013 Jan;19(1):27-35. doi: 10.1002/lt.23562. Epub 2012 Dec 12.

Abstract

From May 16-19, 2012, the International Liver Transplantation Society held its annual congress in San Francisco, CA. More than 1300 registrants attended the meeting, which included a premeeting conference entitled Balancing Risk in Liver Transplantation, focused topic sessions, and a variety of oral and poster presentations. This report is not all-inclusive and focuses on specific research abstracts on key topics in liver transplantation. As always, the new data herein are presented in the context of the published literature to further enhance knowledge in the field.

Publication types

  • Congress

MeSH terms

  • California
  • Graft Rejection
  • Humans
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Liver Failure / surgery
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Tissue Donors