Chronic liver disease in kidney recipients with hepatitis C virus infection

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-199

  Giordano, Helena Maria ^a   França, Alex V C ^a   Meirelles, Luciana ^a   Escanhoela, Cecília A F ^a   Nishimura, Nancy F ^a   Santos, Raquel L S ^a   Quadros, Kélcia R S ^a   Mazzali, Marilda ^a   Alves Filho, Gentil ^a   Soares, Elza C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Liver histology; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037663785     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0012.2003.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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