Research Article
Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis: A Descriptive Study in a Tertiary Care Center
Table 6
Recurrence of the disease after LT in 4 patients with PFIC type 2.
| | Clinical recurrence after liver transplantation (months) | Treatment provided | Response to treatment (yes/no) | Retransplantation |
| Patient 1 | 18 | Plasmapheresis (5 cycles) | Yes | No | IVIG (5 doses) | Rituximab (4 doses) |
| Patient 2 | 1 | Antithymocyte globulins (4 doses) | No | Listed for retransplantation | Plasmapheresis (5 cycles) | Rituximab (5 cycles) |
| Patient 3 | 16 | Rituximab, IVIG, plasmapheresis | Yes | No |
| Patient 4 | 55 | Plasmapheresis (5 cycles) | Yes | No | IVIG (3 doses) | Rituximab (3 doses) |
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