Usefulness of Liver Biopsy in Anti–Hepatitis C Virus Antibody-Positive and Hepatitis C Virus RNA-Negative Kidney Transplant Recipients | Zendy

So Mi Kim | Zendy; Hyeon Woo Kim | Zendy; EunKyoung Lee | Zendy; Su-Kil Park | Zendy; Duck Jong Han | Zendy; Soon Bae Kim | Zendy

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Usefulness of Liver Biopsy in Anti–Hepatitis C Virus Antibody-Positive and Hepatitis C Virus RNA-Negative Kidney Transplant Recipients

Author(s) -

So Mi Kim,

Hyeon Woo Kim,

EunKyoung Lee,

Su-Kil Park,

Duck Jong Han,

Soon Bae Kim

Publication year - 2013

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/tp.0b013e318294cad1

Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis c virus , liver biopsy , biopsy , gastroenterology , fibrosis , hepatitis c , antibody , liver disease , pathology , immunology , virus

Some guidelines recommend a liver biopsy to all anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody-positive kidney transplant (KT) recipients. However, in the case of HCV RNA-negative KT recipients, the benefit of a liver biopsy is unclear. We examined the usefulness of a liver biopsy for anti-HCV antibody-positive and HCV RNA-negative patients by analyzing the hepatic histologic findings and clinical outcomes.

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