Predictive factors for survival and score application in liver retransplantation for hepatitis C recurrence

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 4547-4558

  Song, Alice Tung Wan ^a,b,c,d,e   Sobesky, Rodolphe ^a,c,e   Vinaixa, Carmen ^f   Dumortier, Jérôme ^g   Radenne, Sylvie ^h   Durand, François ⁱ   Calmus, Yvon ^j   Rousseau, Géraldine ^k   Latournerie, Marianne ^l   Feray, Cyrille ^m   Delvart, Valérie ^e   Roche, Bruno ^a,c   Haim Boukobza, Stéphanie ^e   Roque Afonso, Anne Marie ^e   Castaing, Denis ^a,c,e   Abdala, Edson ^b,n   D'Albuquerque, Luiz Augusto Carneiro ^b,d   Duclos Vallée, Jean Charles ^a,c,e   Berenguer, Marina ^f   Samuel, Didier ^a,c,e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d Liver Transplantation Laboratory LIM 37   (Brazil)

^e HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^g EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^h CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^j HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^k ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^l PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^m HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁿ Medical Investigation Laboratory for Hepatitis (LIM 47)   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Antivirals; Hepatitis C; Mortality; Prognosis; Retransplantation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE; VIREMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEPACIVIRUS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REOPERATION; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ACTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971012992     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i18.4547     Document Type: Article

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