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Management of Hepatitis C in Kidney Transplant Patients: On the Cusp of Change
Author(s) -
Terrault N. A.,
Stock P. G.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.12848
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney transplant , cusp (singularity) , hepatitis c , kidney transplantation , kidney , geometry , mathematics
HCV infection has been a negative prognostic factor for outcomes following kidney transplantation, but with the recent approval of safe and highly efficacious interferon‐free HCV therapies that yield high rates of viral clearance, patient outcomes can be expected to substantially improve. See article by Xia et al on page 2037.