Posttransplantation recurrence of hepatitis C virus infection is a universal phenomenon with a highly variable natural history. 2. Approximately 10% to 25% of hepatitis C virusinfected recipients of liver allografts will develop cirrhosis within 5 years' after transplantation. 3. The 1-year actuaria
Management of the hepatitis B virus in the liver transplantation setting: A European and an American perspective
β Scribed by Norah Terrault; Bruno Roche; Didier Samuel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.20492
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