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Long-term outcome of hepatitis C infection after bone marrow transplantation.
Blood - 1 Mar 2004
Peffault de Latour Régis, Lévy Vincent, Asselah Tarik, Marcellin Patrick, Scieux Catherine, Adès Lionel, Traineau Richard, Devergie Agnès, Ribaud Patricia, Espérou Hélène, Gluckman Eliane, Valla Dominique, Socié Gérard
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis C is often asymptomatic, at least during the first decade following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Progression to advanced liver disease or cirrhosis in patients surviving more than 10 years is currently thought to be rare. Among 1078 patients who underwent an allogeneic transplantation between January 1973 and January 1995, 96 patients infected by hepatitis C virus (HCV) during the...
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