Progression of hepatic histopathology in kidney transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and effect of immunosuppression on the course of hepatitis C virus infection.

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OBJECTIVES: There is no correlation between alanine aminotransferase levels, viral load, and histologic findings at dialysis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Identification of the severity of hepatitis C-related liver disease before transplant could provide valuable data about the risk for liverrelated mortality after transplant. In this study, we aimed to identify the severity of liver...

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