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Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis in renal transplant recipients with hepatitis C virus infection.
Liver transplantation and surgery : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 Jul 1999
Delladetsima J K, Boletis J N, Makris F, Psichogiou M, Kostakis A, Hatzakis A
Abstract excerpt
Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis (FCH) has been described as a specific manifestation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in liver allograft recipients characterized by a rapid progression to liver failure. Only sporadic cases have been reported in other immunocompromised groups infected with HBV and in a few transplant recipients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We present the occurrence of FCH in 4...
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