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Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis in a hepatitis B surface antigen carrier after renal transplantation.
Gastroenterology - 1 Nov 1994
Chen C H, Chen P J, Chu J S, Yeh K H, Lai M Y, Chen D S
Abstract excerpt
A 45-year-old hepatitis B surface antigen carrier had an allograft kidney transplantation and maintenance immunosuppression with cyclosporin A and prednisolone. Six months later, she experienced a rapidly progressive hepatic failure manifested by elevation of serum bilirubin level, prolongation of prothrombin time, and mild to modest increase of serum aminotransferase levels. She died in 6 weeks. Postmortem liver...
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