Hepatitis C virus-associated fulminant hepatic failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 631-634

  Farci, Patrizia ^a,e   Alter, Harvey J ^b   Shimoda, Atsushi ^a   Govindarajan, Sugantha ^c   Cheung, Ling C ^b   Melpolder, Jacqueline C ^b   Sacher, Ronald A ^d   Shih, James W ^b   Purcell, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0029799762     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199608293350904     Document Type: Article

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