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Query: UMLS:C0085584 (
encephalopathy
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We report the case of a 60-year-old man with mild Christmas disease,
Factor IX
10% of normal, who developed chronic hepatitis C infection after receiving coagulation factor concentrates. Subsequently he developed
encephalopathy
and liver failure and was referred for liver transplantation. Following transplantation,
Factor IX
levels rapidly normalised and have remained so, representing a phenotypic cure of his Christmas disease.
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PMID:Orthotopic liver transplantation for hepatitis C infection: the best Christmas present? 988 54