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Volume 350:2624-2625 June 17, 2004 Number 25
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Liver Transplantation 27 Years after Bone Marrow Transplantation from the Same Living Donor

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To the Editor: We present a case of bone marrow transplantation and liver transplantation from the same living donor for cirrhosis due to infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). In North America, cirrhosis due to HCV infection is the most common diagnosis leading to end-stage liver disease. Recurrence of HCV infection in a liver graft is virtually assured. Reports of decreased graft survival due to recurrence less than a decade after transplantation are increasing in frequency.1,2,3,4,5

The patient, a 42-year-old woman, presented with end-stage liver disease from HCV infection. At the age of 15 years, she had had aplastic . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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