Extrahepatic hepatitis C virus after transplantation: Diabetes and renal dysfunction | Zendy

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Extrahepatic hepatitis C virus after transplantation: Diabetes and renal dysfunction

Author(s) -

Sabharwal Sabina,

DelgadoBorrego Aymin,

Chung Raymond T.

Publication year - 2008

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.21613

Subject(s) - medicine , membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis , liver transplantation , insulin resistance , hepatitis c virus , liver disease , glycemic , cryoglobulinemia , gastroenterology , diabetes mellitus , hepatitis c , transplantation , virus , immunology , insulin , glomerulonephritis , kidney , endocrinology

Key Points1 Insulin resistance is associated with hepatitis C virus infection and plays a role in the progression of hepatitis C virus–related liver disease and fibrosis. 2 Treating insulin resistance and achieving glycemic control will be important for improving post–liver transplant morbidity and mortality: control of the hepatitis C virus will help to accomplish this. 3 The main renal complication of hepatitis C virus is membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, and this occurs most commonly in the setting of mixed cryoglobulinemia.Liver Transpl 14:S51–S57, 2008. © 2008 AASLD.

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