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HCV cirrhotic patients treated with direct-acting antivirals: Detection of tubular dysfunction and resolution after viral clearance.

Elisa BiliottiDonatella PalazzoFrancesca TintiMaria Domenica D'AlessandroRozenn EsvanRaffaella LabriolaAndrea CappoliIlaria UmbroLorenzo VolpicelliAlessandra BachetoniErica VillaAnna Paola MitterhoferPaola RucciGloria Taliani
Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)
Tubular dysfunction is an unrecognized feature of HCV-related kidney disease in cirrhotic patients and its presence should be primarily investigated in subjects with glomerular damage, diabetes and hypertension, despite normal e-GFR. Tubular dysfunction resolves in the majority of cases after HCV clearance; however, it may persist after antiviral treatment and further studies should evaluate its long-term impact on kidney function.
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