Long-term outcome of patients transplanted with livers from hepatitis C- positive donors

Transplantation

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 925-929

  Testa, Giuliano ^a   Goldstein, Robert M ^a   Netto, George ^a   Abbasoglu, Osman ^a   Brooks, Barbara K ^a   Levy, Marlon F ^a   Husberg, Bo S ^a   Gonwa, Thomas A ^a   Klintmalm, Goran B ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032522863     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199804150-00011     Document Type: Article

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