The Impact of Hepatitis C Infection and Antiviral Therapy on clinical Outcome in Renal Transplantation Recipients

The Impact of Hepatitis C Infection and Antiviral Therapy on clinical Outcome in Renal Transplantation Recipients

Hepatitis C viral infection (HCV) is presently a major problem in renal transplant recipients (RTR) with a high risk of chronicity resulting in liver cirrhosis. We screened 120 RTR (50 live related, 53 live unrelated, and 17 cadaveric); mean age of 45.2 years and mean post-transplant period of 6.8 y...

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Main Authors: Rashid Awad, Abboud Omar, Al-Kaabi Saad, Taha Mustafa, Ashour Adel, El-Sayed Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 1999-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=1999;volume=10;issue=1;spage=31;epage=35;aulast=Rashid

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