Risk of inappropriate exclusion of organ donors by introduction of hepatitis B core antibody testing

Transplantation

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 775-777

  Turner, David P J ^a,b   Zuckerman, Mark ^c   Alexander, Graeme J M ^a   Waite, James ^d   Wreghitt, Tim ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION PREVENTION; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030933642     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199703150-00026     Document Type: Article

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