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The use of cyclosporine for recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplant: a randomized pilot study.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Jan 2010
Firpi Roberto J, Soldevila-Pico Consuelo, Morelli Giuseppe G, Cabrera Roniel, Levy Cynthia, Clark Virginia C, Suman Amitabh, Michaels Anthony, Chen Chaoru, Nelson David R
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BACKGROUND: Cyclosporine has antiviral activity in vitro against hepatitis C (HCV). We performed a pilot study to prospectively determine the antiviral effect of cyclosporine during therapy with PEGalfa-2a and ribavirin in liver transplant recipients with recurrent HCV infection. METHODS: Patients with HCV recurrence (Ishak Fibrosis Stage > or = 2) were enrolled for 2 years at the University of Florida....
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