Hepatitis C‐positive donor liver transplantation for hepatitis C seronegative recipients
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Living-Donor Liver Transplantation and Hepatitis C
Hepatitis-C-virus- (HCV-) related end-stage cirrhosis is the primary indication for liver transplantation in many countries. Unfortunately, however, HCV is not eliminated by transplantation and graft reinfection is universal, resulting in fibrosis, cirrhosis, and finally graft decompression. In areas with low deceased-donor organ availability like Japan, living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT...
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عنوان ژورنال: Transplant Infectious Disease
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1398-2273,1399-3062
DOI: 10.1111/tid.13194