Long-term antiviral treatment for recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation
✍ Scribed by Valentina Rosa Bertuzzo; Matteo Cescon; Maria Cristina Morelli; Paolo Di Gioia; Mariarosa Tamè; Stefania Lorenzini; Pietro Andreone; Giorgio Ercolani; Massimo Del Gaudio; Matteo Ravaioli; Alessandro Cucchetti; Alessandro Dazzi; Antonietta D’Errico-Grigioni; Antonio Daniele Pinna
- Book ID
- 119230174
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 276 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1590-8658
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More than 50% of patients with a recurrent posttransplant hepatitis C virus infection fail to respond to antiviral treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the interest of a long-term antiviral treatment maintained for more than 48 weeks. Seventy treated patients, with a histological follow-
## H epatitis C virus (HCV)-related cirrhosis is currently the leading indication for liver transplantation in Europe and in the United States. 1,2 HCV recurrence after transplantation is almost universal, and 60%-90% of patients will develop lesions of chronic hepatitis C on the graft. 3 The cour