Biomedical Engineering
Some patients with hepatitis B faring better after liver transplant
Published in Virus Weekly, May 18th, 2010
"We found that in patients with hepatitis B, the number of patients who were listed for a second transplant within three years decreased by 50 percent between 1996 and 2005," says Ray Kim, M.D., the senior investigator of the research team.
Hepatitis B infection is a major cause of liver damage that can eventually lead to end-stage liver disease and the need for a liver transplant. In the past, hepatitis B recurred in some transplant...
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Source: Virus Weekly (2010-05-18)
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