De novo hepatitis B and C viral infection after liver transplantation

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-85

  Cavallari, Antonino ^a   De Raffele, Emilio ^a   Bellusci, Roberto ^a   Miniere, Rita ^a   Vivarelli, Marco ^a   Galli, Silvia ^a   Luchetti, Rita ^a   Fruet, Fiorenza ^a   Giordano, Emanuele ^b   Mazziotti, Alighiero ^a   Conte, Roberto ^a   Sprovieri, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECIPIENT; SEROLOGY; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0031031482     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900197     Document Type: Article

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