Successful treatment of chronic HCV infection should not preclude kidney donation to an HCV negative recipient

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2773-2774

  Cruzado, J M ^a   Gil Vernet, S ^a   Castellote, J ^a   Bestard, O ^a   Melilli, E ^a   Grinyo J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; RIBAVIRIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CASE REPORT; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LIVING DONOR; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS LOAD;

FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84884905850     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12400     Document Type: Letter

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