Hepatitis C in renal disease, hemodialysis, and transplantation / editor, J. M. Morales ; co-editors, B. Dominguez-Gil [and four others]
Imprint
Basel : Karger, 2012
Edition
1st edition
Descript
viii, 133 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Hepatitis C: epidemiology, diagnosis, natural history, and therapy -- Hepatitis C and renal disease : epidemiology, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and therapy -- Hepatitis C-induced renal disease in patients with AIDS : an emergent problem -- Hepatitis C in hemodialysis : epidemiology and prevention of hepatitis C virus transmission -- Hepatitis C-related liver disease in dialysis patients -- Treatment of hepatitis C in dialysis patients -- Selection and management of hepatitis C virus-infected patients for the kidney transplant waiting list -- Kidney transplantation in the patient with hepatitis C virus infection -- Treatment of hepatitis C virus infection after kidney transplantation -- Immunosuppression in hepatitis C virus-infected patients after kidney transplantation -- Impact of extrahepatic complications (diabetes and glomerulonephritis) associated with hepatitis C virus infection after renal transplantation -- Renal transplantation from donors with a positive serology for hepatitis C