Donor race may impact recurrent hepatitis C in liver transplant patients
Updated: 2010-10-30 14:54:25
Science Blog Scince Blog : Science news straight from the source About Our Bloggers You gotta shop somewhere Subscribe by Email Subscribe to RSS Donor race may impact recurrent hepatitis C in liver transplant patients October 30, 2010 DETROIT The race of liver donors may affect recurrent hepatitis C in patients after liver transplant , according to a study by Henry Ford . Hospital Patients receiving white cadaveric donor grafts had significantly more aggressive recurrent hepatitis C than those receiving grafts from African-American donors regardless of recipient race , 8221 says Matthew Moeller , M.D . gastroenterology fellow at Henry Ford Hospital and lead author of the . study This difference was especially marked in African-American recipients and persisted on multivariate analysis .