Chronic liver disease and its complications are major problems in renal transplant
recipients. Our aim was to elucidate the influence of hepatitis B, C virus infection on the long-
term outcome of renal transplantation. Four hundred and seventy-seven patients who
received renal transplantation between January 1984 and December 1999, and who were
followed up at our hospital were enrolled. HBsAg was detected by the RIA method and anti-
HCV Ab was assayed by the second-generation RIA kit. SGOT/SGPT were checked every 3 …

Chronic liver disease and its complications are major problems in renal transplant
recipients. Our aim was to elucidate the influence of hepatitis B and C virus infection on the
long-term outcome of renal transplantation. Four hundred and seventy-seven patients who
received renal transplantation between January 1984 and December 1999, and who were
followed up at our hospital were enrolled [Taiwan]. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was
detected by the radioimmunoassay (RIA) method and anti-HCV antibody was assayed by …