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The role of immunosuppression in recurrence of hepatitis C
Author(s) -
Lake John R.
Publication year - 2003
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 - 10.1053/jlts.2003.50264
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , medicine , alloimmunity , liver transplantation , hepatitis c , hepatitis , immunology , hepatitis c virus , gastroenterology , transplantation , virus
Key points 1. Recurrent hepatitis C is an increasing problem posttransplantation. 2. It is difficult to determine histologically if alloimmunity, i.e., rejection, is also plays a role in posttransplantation hepatitis C. 3. Change in the degree of immunosuppression, rather than the absolute amount of immunosuppression, is bad for HCV‐infected recipients. 4. Corticosteroid boluses are bad for HCV‐infected recipients.