Hepatitis C Virus and Liver Transplantation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Berenguer, Marina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Hepatology.; Abdominal surgery.; Surgical transplantation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Transplant Surgery.; Abdominal Surgery.

Hepatitis C Virus and Liver Transplantation is designed to provide a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the major issues specific to the field of liver transplantation and hepatitis C virus infection.   The sections of the book have been structured to review the overall scope of issues o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Treatment of Hepatitis C Before Liver Transplantation
• 2. Donor-Recipient Matching in HCV-Infected Patients
• 3. Natural History of Recurrent Hepatitis C:  Impact of Immunosuppression
• 4. Treatment of Hepatitis C After Liver Transplantation
• 5. Hepatitis C and Liver Transplantation in the HIV Co-Infected Patients
• 6. Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in HCV-Infected Patients
• 7. Retransplantation for HCV-Related Liver Disease
• 8. Use of Anti-HCV Positive Grafts in Liver Transplantation.