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A prospective evaluation of fibrosis progression in patients with recurrent hepatitis C virus following liver transplantation.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 Jul 2007
Yilmaz Nevin, Shiffman Mitchell L, Stravitz R Todd, Sterling Richard K, Luketic Velimir A, Sanyal Arun J, Mills A Scott, Contos Melissa J, Coterell Adrian, Maluf Daniel, Posner Marc P, Fisher Robert A
Abstract excerpt
Recurrence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) following liver transplantation (LT) is universal. A subset of these patients develop advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis and it is believed that this leads to increased posttransplantation mortality. The specific aims of this study were to determine the incidence of advanced fibrosis and those factors associated with this process, and to evaluate causes for mortality in patients...
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