Some argue that it should make no difference how a person became ill; a few go so far as to say that they will even transplant livers to current alcoholics as well as to those with alcoholic cirrhosis.
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They are a recognized feature of Wilson's disease ( 25 % ), primary biliary cirrhosis ( 24 % ), non-alcoholic cirrhosis ( 24 % ), hepatocellular carcinoma ( 23 % ) and morbid obesity ( 8 % ), among other conditions.
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Yet the most common reason for liver transplant is alcoholic cirrhosis, and nearly 18 percent of such transplants go to these victims of alcoholism, said Joel Newman, a spokesman for United Network for Organ Sharing, a national group in Richmond, Va ., that allocates organs.
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However, studies in California have shown the beneficial effect of wine at a low daily dose for non-alcoholic cirrhosis and this effect was not seen with other alcoholic beverages such as beer or liquor, studies will be conducted in the 2010s to determine which components of the wine are responsible for this effect.
