Persistent cytomegalovirus in liver allografts with chronic rejection

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 190-194

  Lautenschlager, Irmeli ^a   Höckerstedt, Krister ^a   Jalanko, Hannu ^a   Loginov, Raisa ^a   Salmela, Kaija ^a   Taskinen, Eero ^a   Ahonen, Juhani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0031012318     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1997.v25.pm0008985289     Document Type: Article

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