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Reduced-dose telaprevir-based triple antiviral therapy for recurrent hepatitis C after living donor liver transplantation.
Transplantation - 15 Nov 2014
Ikegami Toru, Yoshizumi Tomoharu, Kato Masaki, Yamamoto Satomi, Fukuhara Takasuke, Matsuura Yoshiharu, Nakamura Shota, Itoh Shinji, Shirabe Ken, Maehara Yoshihiko
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INTRODUCTION: The feasibility of telaprevir-based triple therapy for recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation (LT) has not been evaluated in Asian patients. METHODS: Eleven Japanese patients received reduced-dose telaprevir (1500 mg) and adjusted-dose cyclosporine after LT. Six patients were nonresponders and three were transient responders to dual therapy. RESULTS: Rapid viral response, early viral...
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