A Case of Giant Cell Hepatitis Recurring after Liver Transplantation and Treated with Ribavirin
A patient who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for giant cell hepatitis with cirrhosis and in whom giant cell hepatitis recurred twice after orthotopic liver transplantation is reported. He was treated with ribavirin with an excellent result. The literature on this subject is reviewed. Thi...
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| description | A patient who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for giant cell hepatitis with cirrhosis and in whom giant cell hepatitis recurred twice after orthotopic liver transplantation is reported. He was treated with ribavirin with an excellent result. The literature on this subject is reviewed. This observation clearly confirms the efficacy of ribavirin for the treatment of giant cell hepatitis, thus providing evidence for its viral origin. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c51e0b4b621245bd9a095df2fb445d8f2025-08-20T02:18:47ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002000-01-0114872973110.1155/2000/807681A Case of Giant Cell Hepatitis Recurring after Liver Transplantation and Treated with RibavirinZiad Hassoun0Bich N’Guyen1Jean Côté2Denis Marleau3Bernard Willems4André Roy5Michel Dagenais6Réal Lapointe7Richard Letourneau8Jean-Pierre Villeneuve9Liver Unit, CHUM – Hôpital Saint-Luc and the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaPathology Department, CHUM – Hôpital Saint-Luc and the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaPathology Department, CHUM – Hôpital Saint-Luc and the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaLiver Unit, CHUM – Hôpital Saint-Luc and the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaLiver Unit, CHUM – Hôpital Saint-Luc and the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaHepatobiliary Surgery Unit, CHUM – Hôpital Saint-Luc and the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaHepatobiliary Surgery Unit, CHUM – Hôpital Saint-Luc and the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaHepatobiliary Surgery Unit, CHUM – Hôpital Saint-Luc and the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaHepatobiliary Surgery Unit, CHUM – Hôpital Saint-Luc and the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaLiver Unit, CHUM – Hôpital Saint-Luc and the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaA patient who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for giant cell hepatitis with cirrhosis and in whom giant cell hepatitis recurred twice after orthotopic liver transplantation is reported. He was treated with ribavirin with an excellent result. The literature on this subject is reviewed. This observation clearly confirms the efficacy of ribavirin for the treatment of giant cell hepatitis, thus providing evidence for its viral origin.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/807681 |
| spellingShingle | Ziad Hassoun Bich N’Guyen Jean Côté Denis Marleau Bernard Willems André Roy Michel Dagenais Réal Lapointe Richard Letourneau Jean-Pierre Villeneuve A Case of Giant Cell Hepatitis Recurring after Liver Transplantation and Treated with Ribavirin Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | A Case of Giant Cell Hepatitis Recurring after Liver Transplantation and Treated with Ribavirin |
| title_full | A Case of Giant Cell Hepatitis Recurring after Liver Transplantation and Treated with Ribavirin |
| title_fullStr | A Case of Giant Cell Hepatitis Recurring after Liver Transplantation and Treated with Ribavirin |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Giant Cell Hepatitis Recurring after Liver Transplantation and Treated with Ribavirin |
| title_short | A Case of Giant Cell Hepatitis Recurring after Liver Transplantation and Treated with Ribavirin |
| title_sort | case of giant cell hepatitis recurring after liver transplantation and treated with ribavirin |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/807681 |
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