Evolution of hepatitis C viral quasispecies after liver transplantation

Gastroenterology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1485-1493

  Lyra, Andre C ^a   Fan, Xiaofeng ^a   Lang, Dorothy M ^b   Yusim, Karina ^b   Ramrakhiani, Sanjay ^a   Brunt, Elizabeth M ^a   Korber, Bette ^b   Perelson, Alan S ^b   Di bisceglie, Adrian M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0036828283     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2002.36546     Document Type: Article

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