Serological pattern of hepatitis C virus recurrence after liver transplantation

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-20

  Rehermann, Barbara ^a   Seifert, Ulrike ^a   Tillmann, Hans L ^a   Michel, Gerd ^b   Böker, Klaus H W ^a   Pichlmayr, Rudolf ^c   Manns, Michael P ^a,c  

^a Research and Development Department   (Germany)

^b ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Liver transplantation; Recurrence; Rejection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0030028373     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80180-2     Document Type: Article

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