Dynamics of GB virus C viremia early after orthotopic liver transplantation indicates extrahepatic tissues as the predominant site of GB virus C replication

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 245-249

  Berg, Thomas ^a   Müller, Andrea R ^a   Platz, Klaus P ^a   Höhne, Marina ^b   Bechstein, Wolf Otto ^a   Hopf, Uwe ^a   Wiedenmann, Bertram ^a   Neuhaus, Peter ^a   Schreier, Eckart ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL KINETICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SEROCONVERSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RNA; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032930370     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290121     Document Type: Article

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