Pretransplant virological markers hepatitis C virus genotype and viremia level are not helpful in predicting individual, outcome after orthotopic liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 225-228

  Berg, Thomas ^a   Hope, Uwe ^a   Bechstein, Wolf Otto ^a   Müller, Andrea R ^a   Fukumoto, Takumi ^a,b   Neuhaus, Ruth ^a   Lobeck, Hartmut ^a   Neuhaus, Peter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIREMIA;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; VIREMIA;

EID: 0032558119     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199807270-00015     Document Type: Article

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