Liver transplantation for endstage hepatitis C cirrhosis in a patient with primary hypogammaglobulinaemia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 520-522

  Bjøro, Kristian ^a   Schrumpf, Erik ^a   Bergan, Anstein ^a   Haaland, Terese ^a   Skaug, Kjell ^b   Frøland, Stig S ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION;

ADULT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032443828     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549850161575     Document Type: Article

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