Characteristics of hepatitis C in renal transplant candidates

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-195

  Cotler, Scott J ^a   Diaz, Gloria ^a   Gundlapalli, Sushama ^a   Jakate, Shiram ^a   Chawla, Anshuman ^a   Mital, Deepak ^a   Jensik, Steven ^a   Jensen, Donald M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Hepatitis C; Liver histology; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOPSY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036020435     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200208000-00013     Document Type: Article

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