Predictors of patient and graft survival following liver transplantation for hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 823-830

  Charlton, Michael ^a,b   Seaberg, Eric ^a   Wiesner, Russell ^a   Everhart, James ^a   Zetterman, Rowen ^a   Lake, John ^a   Detre, Katherine ^a   Hoofnagle, Jay ^a  

^a Natl Inst Diabet Digest KD

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0031783001     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280333     Document Type: Article

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