Donor risk index for African American liver transplant recipients with hepatitis C virus

Nathan J. Shores, Jennifer L. Dodge, Sandy Feng, Norah A. Terrault – 20 May 2013 – African American (AA) liver transplant (LT) recipients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) have higher rates of graft loss than other racial/ethnic groups. The Donor Risk Index (DRI) predicts graft loss but is neither race‐ nor disease‐specific and may not be optimal for assessing donor risk for AA HCV‐positive LT recipients. We developed a DRI for AA with HCV with the goal of enhancing graft loss predictions. All U.S.

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