Hepatitis C in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation

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Authors

Alexandra E. Read · University of California, San Francisco

Elizabeth Donegan · University of California, San Francisco

John R. Lake · University of California, San Francisco

Linda D. Ferrell · University of California, San Francisco

Cynthia A. Galbraith · University of California, San Francisco

I. K. Kuramoto · University of California, San Francisco

Jerome B. Zeldis

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus is a common cause of chronic liver disease in patients requiring liver transplantation, but anti-HCV is rarely found in patients with acute liver failure. Previous HCV infection, based on detection of anti-HCV, is not an independent risk factor for post-transplant hepatitis.

Topics & Keywords

Hepatitis C virus research Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Hepatitis B Virus Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Internal Medicine

Volume 114, Issue 4, pp. 282-284

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-114-4-282

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