Famciclovir treatment of hepatitis B virus recurrence after liver transplantation: A pilot study

Liver Transplantation and Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 253-262

  Kruger, M ^a   Tillmann, H L ^a   Trautwein, C ^a   Bode, U ^a   Oldhafer, K ^a   Maschek, H ^a   Boker, K H W ^a   Broelsch, C E ^a   Pichlmayr, R ^a   Manns, M P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMCICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029683119     PISSN: 10743022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500020402     Document Type: Article

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