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Evolution of hepatitis C virus quasispecies in patients with severe cholestatic hepatitis after liver transplantation.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Dec 1999
Pessoa M G, Bzowej N, Berenguer M, Phung Y, Kim M, Ferrell L, Hassoba H, Wright T L
Abstract excerpt
Evolution of hepatitis C quasispecies may be one mechanism by which fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis develops after liver transplantation. In this study, we compared changes in quasispecies complexity and/or divergence in (1) hepatitis C-infected immunosuppressed transplant recipients and in immunocompetent controls; (2) transplant recipients with mild recurrence, and in those with the most severe form of...
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