The influence of viral genotypes and rejection episodes on the recurrence of hepatitis C after liver transplantation

Surgery Today

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 421-425

  Sugo, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Balderson, Glenda A ^a   Crawford, Darrell H G ^a   Fawcett, Jonathan ^a   Lynch, Stephen V ^a   Strong, Russell W ^a   Futagawa, Shunji ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Orthotopic liver transplantation; Recurrent hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038359448     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10595-002-2537-5     Document Type: Article

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