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Outcome of living donor liver transplantation for Egyptian patients with hepatitis C (genotype 4)-related cirrhosis.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 Jun 2008
Yosry A, Esmat G, El-Serafy M, Omar A, Doss W, Said M, Abdel-Bary A, Hosny A, Marawan I, El-Malt O, Kamel R R, Hatata Y, Ghali A, Sabri H, Kamel S, El-Gbaly H, Tanaka K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) represents a challenging issue due to universal viral recurrence and invasion into the graft, although the incidence of histological recurrence, risk factors, and survival rates are still controversial. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Recurrence of HCV was studied in 38 of 53 adult patients who underwent LDLT. RESULTS: Recipient...
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