Transplantation of Renal Allografts From Organ Donors Reactive for HCV Antibodies to HCV-Negative Recipients: Safety and Clinical Outcome

Transplantation of Renal Allografts From Organ Donors Reactive for HCV Antibodies to HCV-Negative Recipients: Safety and Clinical Outcome

Because of the shortage of available organs for renal transplantation, strategies enabling the safe use of organs from donors with potential chronic infections such as hepatitis C are necessary. The aim of this study was to analyze the outcome of renal transplant donation from hepatitis C virus (HCV...

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Main Authors: Knut Michael Nowak, Oliver Witzke, Georgios C. Sotiropoulos, Tamas Benkö, Melanie Fiedler, Jörg Timm, Andreas Kribben, Benjamin Wilde, Fuat Saner, Andreas Paul, Jürgen Treckmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Kidney International Reports
Subjects:
HCV-negative recipients
HCV-positive donors
kidney transplantation
safety
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024916301371

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