Impact of hepatitis C virus and direct acting antivirals on kidney recipients: a retrospective study

Faculty	Medicine	Year:	2018
Type of Publication:	ZU Hosted	Pages:
Authors:	Mohamed Abdel Aziz Ismail esmail Staff Zu Site Abstract In Staff Site
Journal:	Transplant International Wiley	Volume:

Keywords :	Impact , hepatitis , virus , direct acting antivirals
Abstract:	Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in kidney transplanted patients (KTx‐p) carries a high risk for a worse outcome. This retrospective study evaluates the impact of HCV and of the new direct acting antivirals (DAAs) on patient and graft outcomes in KT