Hepatitis C virus in solid organ transplantation: Not always a bad thing?

Gastroenterology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1729-1733

  Contreras, Ana M ^a   Chung, Raymond T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER DISEASE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036829338     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2002.36852     Document Type: Article

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