The Long-Term Effect of Hepatitis C Virus on the Outcome of Live-Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients. A Retrospective Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Hepatitis C virus infection was shown to increase the incidence of chronic hepatitis posttransplant. However, no statistically significant adverse effect on long-term renal graft and patient survival was noted.
PMID: 26450463 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - October 1, 2015 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Denewar AA, Monem El-Hendy YA, Wafa EW, Ghorab AA, Sheashaa HA, Rashad RH, Nagib AM, Neamatallah AH, Abbas MH, Shokeir AA Tags: Exp Clin Transplant Source Type: research