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FIGURE 6

From: Early Detection of Hepatitis C Allograft Reinfection after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Molecular and Histologic Study

FIGURE 6

Histopathology of recurrent hepatitis C at 1 week posttransplantation. The liver is histologically unremarkable despite positive hepatitis C virus RNA testing by polymerase chain reaction analysis of biopsy tissue. Lack of histologic evidence of recurrent hepatitis is common at 1 week after orthotopic liver transplantation, presumably reflecting very early, histologically inapparent infection (hematoxylin and eosin).

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