Hepatitis G virus does not cause significant liver disease after liver transplantation

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-42

  Karayiannis, P ^a   Brind, A M ^b   Pickering, J ^a   Mathew, J ^b   Burt, A D ^b   Hess, G ^c   Bassendine, M F ^b   Thomas, H C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Hepatitis G virus; Histological changes; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BILE DUCTS; BIOPSY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0031876432     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.1998.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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