Therapeutic plasma exchange as a bridge to successful liver transplantation in an adolescent with sickle hepatopathy.

BACKGROUND: Intrahepatic cholestasis, a severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD)-related hepatopathy, is a rare complication of the disease, but with a continued high mortality rate. Although red cell exchange (RCE) is the first-line intervention to…

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