Outcome of liver transplantation in hepatitis C virus-infected patients who received hepatitis C virus-infected grafts

Gastroenterology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 149-153

  Vargas, H E ^a   Laskus, T ^a   Wang, L F ^a   Lee, R ^a   Radkowski, M ^a   Dodson, F ^a   Fung, J J ^a   Rakela, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0033065333     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(99)70561-5     Document Type: Article

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