Long-term liver function of recipients with hepatitis G virus infection after bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 359-363

  Maruta, A ^a   Tanabe, J ^a   Hashimoto, C ^a   Kato, K ^a   Kanamori, H ^b   Fukawa, H ^b   Miyashita, H ^b   Fujisawa, S ^b   Fujita, H ^b   Matsuzaki, M ^b   Motomura, S ^b   Kodama, F ^a   Ookawa, S ^a   Mohri, H ^b   Ishigatsubo, Y ^b  

^a KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

BMT; GBV C; HGV; Liver function

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; THIOTEPA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032781568     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701905     Document Type: Article

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