Immunological dysfunction during or after antiviral therapy for recurrent hepatitis C reduces graft survival.

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Published in Hepatol Int on October 01, 2013

Authors

Pratima Sharma1, Amy Hosmer1, Henry Appelman2, Barbara McKenna2, Mohammad S Jafri1, Patricia Sullivan1, Robert J Fontana1, Anna S Lok1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, 3912, Taubman Center, SPC 5362, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
2: Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Medical Science Building-1, 1301, Catherine Road, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

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