GB virus C infection in patients with chronic hepatitis B and C before and after liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 711-714

  Berg, Thomas ^a   Naumann, Uta ^a   Fukumoto, Takumi ^a   Bechstein, Wolf O ^a   Neuhaus, Peter ^a   Lobeck, Hartmut ^a   Hohne, Marina ^b   Schreier, Eckart ^b   Hopf, Uwe ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0029780313     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199609270-00002     Document Type: Article

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