Transmission of Hepatitis C by Implantation of a Processed Bone Graft. A Case Report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2215-2217

  Trotter, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMUR SHAFT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0242407407     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200311000-00026     Document Type: Article

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