Hepatitis C viral infection in liver transplantation

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 284-291

  Johnson, Mark W ^a,f   Washburn, W Kenneth ^d   Freeman Jr , Richard B ^e   FitzMaurice, Susan E ^e   Dienstag, Jules ^b   Basgoz, Nesli ^c   Jenkins, Roger L ^d   Cosimi, A Benedict ^a  

^a Transplant Unit   (United States)

^b Medical Service   (United States)

^c Department of Infectious Disease ^*  (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029924340     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430150062013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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