HEPATITIS-C AND THE CONTROVERSIES IT CREATES RELATIVE TO LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION AND AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS

Authors
BAYRAKTAR Y VANTHIEL DH GURAKAR A
Citation
Y. Bayraktar et al., HEPATITIS-C AND THE CONTROVERSIES IT CREATES RELATIVE TO LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION AND AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS, Hepato-gastroenterology, 43(10), 1996, pp. 873-881
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Hepato-gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01726390
Volume
43
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
873 - 881
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-6390(1996)43:10<873:HATCIC>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The paradox of hepatitis C. An, agent that persists in tissue for year s by escaping the immune system and not killing but only damaging its host while simultaneously being associated with autoimmune hepatitis a s well as other putative autoimmune diseases is presented. Liver trans plantation necessitates immune suppression and is associated with prog ressive HCV disease albeit at a rather slow rate. Diagnosis and treatm ent concerns are raised and discussed.