Article
Hepatic steatosis: a specific sign of hepatitis C reinfection after liver transplantation.
Liver transplantation and surgery : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 Nov 1998
Baiocchi L, Tisone G, Palmieri G, Rapicetta M, Pisani F, Orlando G, Casciani C U, Angelico M
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the major causes leading to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) worldwide. Although viral infection persists in almost all patients, the pathology of recurrent HCV infection after OLT is not well characterized. To address this issue, we compared the...
Topics
- Adult
- Fatty Liver
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Liver Diseases
- Liver Transplantation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Postoperative Complications
- RNA, Viral
- Recurrence