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Persistent hepatitis C virus infection after liver transplantation: clinical and virological features.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jul 1995
Gretch D R, Bacchi C E, Corey L, dela Rosa C, Lesniewski R R, Kowdley K, Gown A, Frank I, Perkins J D, Carithers R L
Abstract excerpt
We report a prospective clinical and virological study of 18 patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation, selected because of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA positivity before transplantation. Nine of the 18 patients (50%) developed chronic active hepatitis (CAH) in liver allografts during the first year posttransplantation; hepatitis was first observed between 6 and 25 weeks posttransplantation. HCV viremia...
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