Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	15574
Country	Jordan

Received	2014-12-01 10:17
Peer-Review Started	2014-12-01 19:46
First Decision by Editorial Office Director
Return for Revision	2014-12-31 09:17
Revised	2015-01-12 04:51
Publication Fee Transferred
Second Decision by Editor	2015-01-28 14:00
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief	2015-01-28 14:08
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2015-01-30 15:32
Articles in Press	2015-01-30 18:29
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2015-02-24 05:35
Typeset the Manuscript	2015-03-30 18:35
Publish the Manuscript Online	2015-04-15 11:01

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Category	Transplantation
Manuscript Type	Letter to the Editor
Article Title	Six month abstinence rule for liver transplantation in severe alcoholic liver disease patients
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Aiman Obed, Steffen Stern, Anwar Jarrad and Thomas Lorf
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Aiman Obed, MD FACS, FEBBS, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Unit, Jordan Hospital, PO Box 520248, Amman 11152, Jordan. aimanobed@hotmail.com
Key Words	Alcohol; Alcoholic hepatitis; Cirrhosis; Six month abstinence rule; Abstinence; Liver transplantation
Core Tip	Severe alcoholic liver diseases that do not respond to medical therapy, such as alcoholic hepatitis or acute-on chronic liver failure, show life threatening one-year mortality rates of up to 90%. The majority of transplant centers demand 6-mo of alcohol abstinence prior to transplantation, the so-called “6-mo rule”. This rule is void of scientific evidence and frequently the subject of controversial discussions. Since most patients with severe alcoholic liver disease will die before meeting the criteria of the 6-mo period of abstinence, liver transplantation has to be taken into account irrespective of the 6-mo abstinence period.
Publish Date	2015-04-15 11:01
Citation	Obed A, Stern S, Jarrad A, Lorf T. Six month abstinence rule for liver transplantation in severe alcoholic liver disease patients. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(14): 4423-4426
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i14/4423.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i14.4423

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