Hepatitis G virus infection among liver graft recipients: Anatomoclinical correlations

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2577-2583

  Negro, Francesco ^a,b   Rubbia Brandt, Laura ^a   Giostra, Emiliano ^a   Seium, Yodit ^a   Mentha, Gilles ^a   Quadri, Rafael ^a   Hadengue, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allograft rejection; Flaviviridae; Hepatitis G virus; Liver transplantation; Semiquantitative RT PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032424418     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026674421447     Document Type: Article

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