Histologic progression of recurrent hepatitis C in liver transplant allografts

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 731-738

  Greenson, Joel K ^a   Svoboda Newman, Suzette M ^a   Merion, Robert M ^a   Frank, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Cirrhosis; Disease recurrence; Hepatitis C; Liver transplantation; Pathology; Polymerase chain reaction; Reverse transcriptase; RNA

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECURRENT INFECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0029872215     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199606000-00011     Document Type: Article

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