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Treatment of patients with hepatitis C virus on the waiting list.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 Nov 2003
Everson Gregory T
Abstract excerpt
1. Over 90% of patients with hepatitis C on the waiting list might be candidates for therapy with interferon plus ribavirin. 2. One must exercise caution in the treatment of these patients. Those with Child-Turcotte-Pugh score >11 or Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score >25 should be excluded from treatment. 3. Sustained virologic response (hepatitis C virus RNA-negative) is mainly dependent on viral genotype,...
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