Mini-microabscess syndrome in liver transplant recipients

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 192-197

  MacDonald, Graeme A ^a,b   Greenson, Joel K ^a,g   DelBuono, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Grady, William M ^a,d   Merion, Robert M ^a,g   Frank, Thomas S ^a,e   Lucey, Michael R ^a,f   Appelman, Henry D ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital Research Foundation   (Australia)

^c TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Myriad Genetic Laboratories   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0030988475     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260125     Document Type: Article

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