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Patients exceeding the DROP 90th centile had the worse post-LT results (3-month graft loss: 82.8%; log-rank\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.024).The DROP score represents a valuable tool to predict the risk of liver function-related graft discard, steatosis, and early post-LT graft survival rates. 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