Spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C infection post-liver transplant: A rare but real phenomenon? A case report and review of the literature

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-206

  Haque, Mazhar ^a   Hashim, Almoutaz ^a   Greanya, Erica D ^b   Steinbrecher, Urs P ^a   Erb, Siegfried R ^a   Yoshida, Eric M ^a  

^a Division of Gastroenterology   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C infection; Liver transplantation; Spontaneous clearance

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL CLEARANCE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; DRUG COMBINATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; REVIEW; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

AGED; BIOPSY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 77956635013     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31664-3     Document Type: Article

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