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Treatment of hepatitis C virus reinfection after liver transplantation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16286889     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Most liver transplant recipients become reinfected with hepatitis C virus after OLT followed by allograft dysfunction, transplant cirrhosis and graft failure in a significant proportion of patients. Both in the pre-emptive prophylactic setting and in the treatment setting sustained virological response rates are poor compared to the precirrhotic hepatitis state. Patients with significant hepatitis should be always treated before developing cirrhosis or even with early cirrhosis. After transplantation pegylated interferon in combination with ribavirin is the most successful treatment opportunity to date, however the best time point and treatment duration as well as doses for pegylated interferons and rebavirin have to be defined.
Authors:
Jens Encke; Thomas Kraus; Arianeb Mehrabi; Wolfgang Stremmel; Peter Sauer
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Transplantation     Volume:  80     ISSN:  0041-1337     ISO Abbreviation:  Transplantation     Publication Date:  2005 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-11-15     Completed Date:  2006-04-25     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0132144     Medline TA:  Transplantation     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  S125-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. jens_encke@med.uni-heidelberg.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Hepatitis C / prevention & control*,  surgery*
Humans
Interferon Alfa-2b / therapeutic use
Liver Transplantation*
Recurrence
Ribavirin / therapeutic use
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antiviral Agents; 36791-04-5/Ribavirin; 99210-65-8/Interferon Alfa-2b

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