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Volume 353:2517-2518 December 8, 2005 Number 23
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Successful Pregnancy after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in a Patient with HIV Infection

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To the Editor: An increasing number of patients with HIV infection and viral cirrhosis are receiving liver transplants; among such patients, short-term survival is similar to that among patients undergoing transplantation who do not have HIV infection.1 Within one year after successful liver transplantation, 97 percent of female patients of childbearing age recover menstrual function, owing to restored hepatic estrogen metabolism, and the likelihood of conception and successful pregnancy is high.2 We report a case of a successful pregnancy in an HIV-positive patient who conceived after undergoing liver transplantation.

A 37-year-old woman underwent orthotopic liver transplantation in March 2003, because . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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