Influence of immunogenetic background on the outcome of recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1345-1350

  Belli, Luca Saverio ^a,d   Zavaglia, Claudio ^b   Alberti, Alberto Battista ^b   Poli, Francesca ^c   Rondinara, Gianfranco ^d   Silini, Enrico ^e   Taioli, Emanuela ^f   De Carlis, Luciano ^d   Scalamogna, Mario ^c   Forti, Domenico ^d   Pinzello, Giovambattista ^b   Idèo, Gaetano ^a  

^a San Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

^b Ospedale   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^f IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0034116453     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2000.7879     Document Type: Article

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