Management of the Kidney Transplant Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

Chronic Hepatitis C (HCV) infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease. Renal transplantation confers a survival advantage in HCV-infected patients. Renal transplant candidates with serologic evidence of HCV infection should undergo a liver biop...

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Main Authors: Ignatius Y. S. Tang, Natasha Walzer, Nidhi Aggarwal, Ivo Tzvetanov, Scott Cotler, Enrico Benedetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/245823
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