HCV viremic donors with hepatic bridging fibrosis: Are we ready to use their livers in the era of direct-acting antivirals?

Am J Transplant

Liver Transplantation Center and General Surgery 2U, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino, Turin, Italy.

Published: November 2017

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