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Kamath and colleagues: model for end-stage liver-disease survival

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Transplantation and regenerative medicine · EMPIRICAL

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What changed

Validated the laboratory-variable survival model in four independent liver-disease cohorts.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact nine-author 2001 study and its reported cohorts and endpoints. It is a prognostic model, not a treatment effect, and later allocation policies, recalibrations and MELD variants remain distinct.

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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact nine-author 2001 study and its reported cohorts and endpoints. It is a prognostic model, not a treatment effect, and later allocation policies, recalibrations and MELD variants remain distinct.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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