Donor rejection before living donor liver transplantation: causes and cost effective analysis in an egyptian transplant center.

Background: In the living donor liver transplant setting, the preoperative assessment of potential donors is important to ensure the donor safety.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify causes and costs of living liver-donors rejection in the donation process.

Materials And Methods: From June 2010 to June 2012, all potential living liver donors for 66 liver transplant candidates were screened at the Ain Shams Center for Organ Transplantation.

A novel mutation of the ornithine transcarbamylase gene leading to fatal hyperammonemia in a liver transplant recipient.

Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency (OTCD) is an X-linked urea cycle disorder. Being an X-linked disease, the onset and severity of the disease may vary among female carriers. Some of them start to develop the disease early in life, whereas others remain asymptomatic throughout their lives.