Hyperbilirubinemia and cholestatic liver injury in hepatitis C-infected liver transplant recipients

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 753-759

  Cotler, Scott J ^b   Taylor, Shari L ^a   Gretch, David R ^a   Bronner, Mary P ^a   Rizk, Rafat ^a   Perkins, James D ^a   Carithers Jr , Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034004492     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00915-6     Document Type: Article

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