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To the Editor: Gane et al. (March 28 issue)¹ found that five years after liver transplantation, rates of graft and overall survival were similar between patients with and those without hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, they also showed that after transplantation, persistent HCV infection can cause severe damage to the graft, and they suggest that with longer follow-up HCV-infected patients may have more problems than patients without HCV infection. We have made the same observation in HCV-infected patients who have undergone renal transplantation.

In our initial study, rates of graft and overall survival were similar between patients with antibody . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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