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ArticleSurgery today2011

De novo autoimmune hepatitis subsequent to switching from type 2b to type 2a alpha-pegylated interferon treatment for recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation: report of a case.

Kazuki Takeishi, Ken Shirabe, Takeo Toshima, Toru Ikegami, Kazutoyo Morita, Takasuke Fukuhara, Takashi Motomura, Yohei Mano, Hideaki Uchiyama, Yuji Soejima and 2 more

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Article in Surgery today, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kazuki TakeishiDepartment of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Ken Shirabe
Takeo Toshima
Toru Ikegami
Kazutoyo Morita
Takasuke Fukuhara
Takashi Motomura
Yohei Mano
Hideaki Uchiyama
Yuji Soejima
Akinobu Taketomi
Yoshihiko Maehara
Kyushu University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interferon (IFN), which is the only possible agent for recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation, may cause serious immune-related disorders. We report a case of de novo autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), which developed subsequent to switching from 2b pegylated interferon-α (peg-IFN) to 2a peg-IFN after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). A 51-year-old man with hepatitis C-associated liver cirrhosis underwent LDLT. About 13 months after the initiation of antiviral therapy, in the form of type 2b peg-IFN with ribavirin, a negative serum hepatitis C virus (HCV)-RNA titer was confirmed. Thereafter, the 2b peg-IFN was switched to 2a peg-IFN, 3 months after which severe liver dysfunction developed, despite a constantly negative HCV-RNA. Liver biopsy showed portal and periportal inflammatory infiltrates including numerous plasma cells, indicating AIH. He was treated with steroid pulse treatment, followed by high-level immunosuppression maintenance, but eventually died of Pneumocystis pneumonitis 4 months after the diagnosis of de novo AIH.

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Antiviral AgentsBiopsyHepatitis, AutoimmuneHepatitis C, ChronicHumansInterferon-alphaInterferon alpha-2Liver TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedPolyethylene GlycolsRecombinant ProteinsRecurrenceAntiviral AgentsInterferon-alphaInterferon alpha-2peginterferon alfa-2apeginterferon alfa-2bPolyethylene GlycolsRecombinant Proteins

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PMID21748625
OpenAlexW1993823188

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