Hepatitis C virus reinfection in orthotopic liver transplant patients with or without concomitant hepatitis B infection

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-87

  Loda, Massimo ^a,d   Florentine, Michelangelo ^a   Meckler, Jason ^a   Khettry, Urmila ^a   Lewis, David ^a   Washburn, Kenneth ^a   Jenkins, Roger ^a   Mendoza, Arturo E ^c   Samuelson, John ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Liver transplantation; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0029885566     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019606-199606000-00002     Document Type: Article

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