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Hot-topic debate on hepatitis C virus: The type of immunosuppression matters

✍ Scribed by James F. Trotter

Book ID: 102470667
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 79 KB
Volume: 17
Category: Article
ISSN: 1527-6465
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22414

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Key Points

The treatment of rejection is an important factor associated with the severe recurrence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) after liver transplantation. 2. The effects of calcineurin inhibitors, corticosteroids, and mycophenolate mofetil on HCV recurrence are equivocal. 3. Cyclosporine is associated with a higher sustained virological response in patients treated for HCV. 4. Because insulin resistance and diabetes are associated with fibrosis in HCV-infected liver transplant recipients, the use of immunosuppressive agents without this side effect may slow the posttransplant disease progression. Liver Transpl 17:S20-S23, 2011. V C 2011 AASLD.

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