Pretransplant virological markers hepatitis C virus genotype and viremia level are not helpful in predicting individual outcome after orthotopic liver transplantation.

doi:10.1097/00007890-199807270-00015

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Pretransplant virological markers hepatitis C virus genotype and viremia level are not helpful in predicting individual outcome after orthotopic liver transplantation.

Transplantation - 27 Jul 1998

Berg T, Hopf U, Bechstein W O, Müller A R, Fukumoto T, Neuhaus R, Lobeck H, Neuhaus P

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BACKGROUND: Recurrence of hepatitis C viremia after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is nearly universal, leading to variable outcome from no to severe recurrent disease. In the present study, the prognostic relevance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and viremia for the development and...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Chronic Disease
Female
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C
Humans
Liver Transplantation
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Viremia

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