Hepatitis C virus genotypes and liver disease in patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-240

  Locasciulli, A ^a   Testa, M ^a   Pontisso, P ^b   Bacigalupo, A ^c   Ljungman, P ^d   Frickhofen, N ^e   Alberti, A ^b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMT; Hepatitis C virus genotypes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0031046765     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700650     Document Type: Article

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