Impact of hepatitis G virus co-infection on the course of hepatitis C virus infection before and after liver transplantation

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 893-900

  Bizollon, Thierry ^a,c,d   Guichard, Sandra ^c   Ahmed, Si Nafa Si ^a   Chevallier, Philippe ^c   Ducerf, Christian ^b   Sepetjan, Maurice ^c   Baulieux, Jacques ^b   Trepo, Christian ^a,d  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

HCV recurrence; HGV co infection; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROPREVALENCE; SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032403159     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(98)80116-5     Document Type: Article

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