Hepatitis C virus seropositivity in organ donors and survival in heart transplant recipients.

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Published in JAMA on October 18, 2006

Authors

Leanne B Gasink1, Emily A Blumberg, A Russell Localio, Shashank S Desai, Ajay K Israni, Ebbing Lautenbach

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases of the Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA. leanne.gasink@uphs.upenn.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Hep C Transplant Collaborative | NCT04493385

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