title: Hepatitis C virus and its impact on transplantation.
abstract: Hepatitis C virus is now the leading cause of serum hepatitis worldwide, a fact that has serious implications for the fields of dialysis and transplantation. This article describes hepatitis C transmission, diagnosis, clinical features and treatment, and explores the controversies and unique problems that hepatitis C presents to the field of transplantation.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Neyhart
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*