Histological and clinical outcome after liver transplantation for hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1646-1652

  Shuhart, Margaret C ^a,e   Bronner, Mary P ^a   Gretch, David R ^a   Thomassen, Lisa V ^a   Wartelle, Claire F ^a,c   Tateyama, Hisashi ^a,d   Emerson, Scott S ^a   Perkins, James D ^b   Carithers Jr , Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIREMIA;

EID: 0030695104     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260638     Document Type: Article

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