Hepatitis C Virus
New Hepatitis C Virus Study Findings Recently Were Published by Researchers at Baylor University
Published in Health and Medicine Week, September 5th, 2011
2011 SEP 5 -- "Many patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis (CC) have other conditions associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) that put them at risk for complications that preclude orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). We followed all patients with NASH and CC who were evaluated for OLT (n = 218) at Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute between March 2002 and May 2008," investigators in Dallas, Texas report.
"Data were compared with those from patients evaluated for OLT because of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated cirrhosis (n = 646). Patients with NASH and CC were older, more likely to be female, had a higher body mass index, and a greater...
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