Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 147-158.e1, January 2010

Serum Fibrosis Markers Identify Patients With Mild and Progressive Hepatitis C Recurrence After Liver Transplantation

  • José A. Carrión

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Guillermo Fernández–Varo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Miquel Bruguera

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Miquel Navasa, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Ciberehd, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. fax: +34 93 451 5522
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  • Juan–Carlos García–Pagán

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Juan–Carlos García–Valdecasas

      Affiliations

    • Liver Transplantation and Hepatic Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Sofía Pérez–Del–Pulgar

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Xavier Forns

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Wladimiro Jiménez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Miquel Navasa

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain

Received 16 January 2009; accepted 16 September 2009. published online 27 September 2009.

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    •  Conflicts of interest X.F. received unrestricted grant support from Schering and Roche, and J.A.C. received a grant from Fundación BBVA. The other authors disclose no conflicts.

     Funding Miquel Navasa received support from Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI050230); Xavier Forns received support from Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI080239); Wladimiro Jiménez received support from Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica (SAF09-08839); José A. Carrión received a grant from Fundación BBVA. The authors thank Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics (Tarrytown, NY) for generously supplying the reagents to measure the fibrosis markers.

    PII: S0016-5085(09)01697-7

    doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.09.047

    Gastroenterology
    Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 147-158.e1, January 2010