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Is LDLT appropriate for patients with chronic HCV infection?

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boxed-textSchmeding M et al. (2007) Hepatitis C recurrence and fibrosis progression are not increased after living donor liver transplantation: a single-center study of 289 patients. Liver Transpl 13: 687–692

LDLT is appropriate for HCV-infected patients; outcomes of HCV-infected LDLT recipients are not different to those of HCV-infected DDLT recipients when LDLT is performed at a center experienced in the procedure

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  1. JF Trotter is the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation, and GS Jensen is a Fellow in Gastroenterology & Hepatology, both at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO, USA.,

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Trotter, J., Jensen, G. Is LDLT appropriate for patients with chronic HCV infection?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 5, 76–77 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1010

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