Viral dynamics of hepatitis C early after orthotopic liver transplantation: Evidence for rapid turnover of serum virions

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1351-1354

  Fukumoto, Takumi ^a,b   Berg, Thomas ^a   Ku, Yonson ^b   Bechstein, Wolf Otto ^a   Knoop, Michael ^a   Lemmens, Hans Peter ^a   Lobeck, Hartmut ^a   Hopf, Uwe ^a   Neuhaus, Peter ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029860215     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008938160     Document Type: Article

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