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Table 3 Effect of the immunosuppressive drug regimen on the liver histopathological diagnosis

From: Liver biopsy is still needed in liver transplantation recipients: a single center experience

Histopathology.1

Immunosuppressive drug regimen

CNI based

mTOR based

Dual CNI and mTOR

Total

p

n = 18

n = 9

n = 7

n = 34

Acute rejection

3 (16.7%)

3 (33.3%)

1 (14.3%)

7 (20.6%)

0.81

Viral chronic hepatitis

10 (55.6%)

4 (44.4%)

3 (42.9%)

17 (50%)

Steatohepatitis

2 (11.1%)

1 (11.1%)

1 (14.3%)

4 (11.8%)

Biliary obstruction

1 (5.6%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.9%)

CMV infection

0 (0%)

1 (11.1%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.9%)

Chronic rejection

1 (5.6%)

0 (0%)

1 (14.3%)

2 (5.9%)

Chronic hepatitis

1 (5.6%)

0 (0%)

1 (14.3%)

2 (5.9%)

  1. CMV cytomegalovirus, CNI calcineurin inhibitors, mTOR mechanistic target of rapamycin