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The immune system's role in hepatitis C recurrence after liver transplantation

Published in Blood Weekly, April 30th, 2009

A new study pinpoints certain aspects of the immune system that may play a role in the recurrence and progression of hepatitis C virus (HCV) after liver transplantation. The study is in the April issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons. The article is also available online at Wiley Interscience (www.interscience.wiley.com).

Hepatitis C virus (HCV), which can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer, is the leading indication for liver transplantation in the U.S. Unfortunately, the infection almost always recurs, and in about 30 percent of cases, it causes cirrhosis in the transplanted liver within five years.

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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-04-30)

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