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Early recurrence of hepatitis C virus infection after liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Petrovic Lydia M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
liver transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.814
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-6473
pISSN - 1527-6465
DOI - 10.1002/lt.20942
Subject(s) - medicine , liver biopsy , liver transplantation , hepatitis c virus , biopsy , natural history , hepatitis c , gastroenterology , transplantation , virus , immunology
Key Concepts: 1 Early recurrence of hepatitis C is universal. 2 Typical histopathologic features of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and acute allograft rejection (AAR) exist. 3 Early recurrent HCV may be differentiated from AAR. 4 Liver biopsy plays a role in diagnosing HCV and AAR. 5 Risk factors for recurrent HCV should be known. 6 The natural history of recurrent HCV should be known. 7 The future role of ancillary studies beyond liver biopsy is assessed. Liver Transpl 12:S32–S37, 2006. © 2006 AASLD.