A prospective study of human herpesvirus type 6 detected by polymerase chain reaction after liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 662-664

  Schmidt, Christian Andreas ^a   Wilborn, Freimut ^a   Weiss, Katja ^a   Brinkmann, Volker ^b   Oettle, Helmut ^a   Lohmann, Rudiger ^a   Langrehr, Jan M ^a   Neuhaus, Peter ^a   Siegert, Wolfgang ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKOCYTES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029863682     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199602270-00027     Document Type: Article

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