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Treatment of HEV Infection in Patients with a Solid-Organ Transplant and Chronic Hepatitis

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection can cause hepatic and extra-hepatic manifestations. Treatment of HEV infection has been thoroughly studied in solid-organ-transplant patients who have developed a chronic HEV infection. In this review, we report on our current knowledge regarding treatment of HEV in...

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Autores principales: Kamar, Nassim, Lhomme, Sébastien, Abravanel, Florence, Marion, Olivier, Peron, Jean-Marie, Alric, Laurent, Izopet, Jacques
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27537905
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v8080222
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Sumario:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection can cause hepatic and extra-hepatic manifestations. Treatment of HEV infection has been thoroughly studied in solid-organ-transplant patients who have developed a chronic HEV infection. In this review, we report on our current knowledge regarding treatment of HEV infection.