Is hepatitis C virus recurrence a risk factor for chronic liver allograft rejection?

Transplant International

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Charco, R ^a   Vargas, V ^a   Allende, H ^a   Edo, A ^a   Balsells, J ^a   Murio, E ^a   Lazaro J L ^a   Bilbao, I ^a   Margarit, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic rejection; Hepatitis C virus; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029910392     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1996.tb01606.x     Document Type: Article

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