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5. Management of recurrent HCV infection following liver
transplantation ............................................................................... 79
Natural history of recurrent HCV infection after liver
transplantation...................................................................... 79
Prophylactic antiviral therapy in cirrhosis......................... 83
Pre-emptive antiviral therapy after LT ............................... 84
Therapy of recurrent hepatitis C after LT........................... 85
Side effects and safety of PegIFN/RBV therapy.................. 86
Retransplantation for recurrent HCV cirrhosis.................. 88
Outlook ................................................................................... 88
Links........................................................................................ 89
6. References.................................................................................. 90
7. Appendix – Selected drug profiles......................................... 101
Pegasys™............................................................................... 101
PegIntron™ ........................................................................... 102
Infergen™.............................................................................. 103
Ribavirin............................................................................... 104
Incivek™ (Telaprevir) .......................................................... 105
Victrelis™ (Boceprevir)........................................................ 107
