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In what scenarios do you defer treatment of a patient's hepatitis C if they are undergoing liver transplant evaluation?

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Hepatology · NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

If a patient were to improve with treatment but still need a transplant then the improvement my actually disadvantage the patient by lowering the MELD reducing priority for receiving an organ offer.

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