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Although the perioperative bleeding complications andthe major side effects of blood transfusion have alwaysbeen the primary concern in liver transplantation(OLT
Due to the progressive aging of the hepatitis C virus(HCV) population which have acquired the infectionduring its maximum spread after the Second World War,the ma