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The impact of IL28B genetic variants on recurrent hepatitis C in liver transplantation: significant lessons from a dual graft case.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 1 Jun 2011
Motomura T, Taketomi A, Fukuhara T, Mano Y, Takeishi K, Toshima T, Harada N, Uchiyama H, Yoshizumi T, Soejima Y, Shirabe K, Matsuura Y, Maehara Y
Abstract excerpt
IL28B genetic polymorphism is related to interferon-sensitivity in chronic hepatitis C, but the significance of grafts carrying different genotypes from recipients is still unclear in liver transplantation. A 51-year-old Japanese male carrying a minor genotype underwent dual liver transplantation for liver cirrhosis due to hepatitis C virus (HCV). The left lobe graft carried a major genotype, and the right a...
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