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[Recurrence of hepatitis caused by hepatitis c virus in patients receiving a liver transplant].
Medicina clinica - 25 Jan 1997
Crespo J, Casafont F, Carte B, Lozano J L, Fábrega E, Sánchez-Antolín G, Dueñas C, Pons Romero F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Liver disease due to hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an increasingly frequent indication for liver transplantation. We performed a clinical and virological study of 20 HCV-infected liver transplant recipients to correlate virological markers with histological recurrence of disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In ninety-four patients who were given transplants for end-stage cirrhosis, IgG and IgM antibodies to...
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