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Hepatitis C genotype influences post-liver transplant outcomes.
Transplantation - 1 Apr 2015
Campos-Varela Isabel, Lai Jennifer C, Verna Elizabeth C, O'Leary Jacqueline G, Todd Stravitz R, Forman Lisa M, Trotter James F, Brown Robert S, Terrault Norah A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In nontransplant patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV), HCV genotype has been linked with a differential response to antiviral therapy, risk of steatosis and fibrosis, as well as all-cause mortality, but the role of HCV genotypes in posttransplant disease progression is less clear. METHODS: Using the multicenter CRUSH-C cohort, genotype-specific rates of advanced fibrosis, HCV-specific graft...
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