Open AccessTIMING AND SEVERITY OF INITIAL HEPATITIS C RECURRENCE AS PREDICTORS OF LONG-TERM LIVER ALLOGRAFT INJURY1
Author(s) -
Hugo R. Rosen,
David R. Gretch,
Megan A. Oehlke,
Kenneth D. Flora,
Kent G. Benner,
John M. Rabkin,
Christopher L. Corless
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199805150-00006
Subject(s) - cholestasis , medicine , gastroenterology , cirrhosis , liver transplantation , immunosuppression , hepatitis c , liver biopsy , fibrosis , bilirubin , hepatitis , biopsy , hepatology , hepatitis c virus , transplantation , pathology , immunology , virus
The majority of patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) undergoing liver transplantation develop evidence of histologic recurrence, and multiple mechanisms are likely poised to affect long-term allograft injury. The purpose of this analysis was to study the hypothesis that histologic and biochemical features at the onset of HCV recurrence predict the long-term evolution of allograft hepatitis.