Racial Disparity Studied In Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation For Hepatitis B
Monday, September 7, 2009 - 00:35
in Health & Medicine
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1.5 to 2 million Americans are infected with the hepatitis B virus. Prior studies have shown there to be significant racial differences in access to and outcomes of liver transplantation. Recently, doctors from across the US conducted a multicenter retrospective-prospective study of the waitlist status and outcomes of liver transplant patients with HBV infection.