A randomized controlled trial of pretransplant antiviral therapy to prevent recurrence of hepatitis C after liver transplantation.

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Published in Hepatology on January 17, 2013

Authors

Gregory T Everson1, Norah A Terrault, Anna S Lok, Del R Rodrigo, Robert S Brown, Sammy Saab, Mitchell L Shiffman, Abdullah M S Al-Osaimi, Laura M Kulik, Brenda W Gillespie, James E Everhart, Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Hepatology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA. greg.everson@UCDenver.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Pre-Transplant Treatment to Prevent Recurrence of Hepatitis C After Liver Transplantation (LADR) | NCT00135798

Civacir® Polyclonal Immune Globulin (IgG) to Prevent Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Recurrence in Liver Transplant Patients. | NCT01804829

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